OGDENSBURG â When 8-year-old Alexis Haught heard about the COVID-19 outbreak at United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care facility, she knew she wanted to do something to help the residents and employees there.
âItâs Christmas time, and with everything going on, I thought it would be nice to write some Christmas Cards,â she said in a press release from United Helpers, adding that over the course of one weekend she created 90 cards.
While she wasnât sure exactly how long it took, Alexis said she spent a âcouple hoursâ each day working on the cards. âIt made me feel really happy,â she said.
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 - 5:35 pm
CORRECTION An earlier headline for this story listed Alexis as an Ogdensburg resident, in fact she is from Norfolk.
NORFOLK – When 8-year-old Alexis Haught heard about the COVID-19 outbreak at United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care in Ogdensburg, she knew she wanted to do something to help the residents and employees there.
“It’s Christmas time, and with everything going on, I thought it would be nice to write some Christmas cards,” she said, adding that over the course of one weekend she created 90 cards.
While she wasn’t sure exactly how long it took, Haught said she spent a “couple hours” each day working on the cards. When asked how it made her feel, she replied, “It made me feel really happy.”
United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care in Ogdensburg. Photo: Google Maps.
Dec 23, 2020 One more death and five new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in an Ogdensburg nursing home, in an outbreak now linked to 21 fatalities.
204 residents and staff of the facility run by United Helpers since November and five people are currently hospitalized.
United Helpers CEO Steve Knight said Tuesday that a fire evacuation last month may have contributed to the spread of the virus.
At United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care Center in Canton, three more staff members and eleven residents tested positive, bringing the total number of cases to 49. No deaths have occurred. One person is currently in hospital.
United Helpers expects 1st vaccines in 2 weeks United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care in Canton (Source: WWNY) By 7 News Staff | December 17, 2020 at 9:46 AM EST - Updated December 17 at 9:46 AM
CANTON, N.Y. (WWNY) - United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care in Canton will receive its first shipment of a COVID-19 vaccine in two weeks.
It will be the first United Helpers facility to receive a vaccine, in this case the one from Pfizer-BioNTech. It’s expected to arrive on December 31.
“All of the residents and 50 percent of the staff will be vaccinated in Canton on the 31st,” said United Helpers CEO Stephen Knight. “On Tuesday, January 5th, the same process will occur at the Ogdensburg campus, with all of the residents and 50 percent of the staff receiving vaccinations.”
United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care in Ogdensburg. Photo: Google Maps.
Dec 17, 2020 United Helpers reported one additional death but no new cases of COVID-19 detected among staff or residents of its rehabilitation and senior care in Ogdensburg in the previous 24 hours.
The latest death brings the total linked to the coronavirus outbreak at the facility to 17. Six people are currently hospitalized.
Since Nov. 22, 124 residents and 74 staff members have tested positive for the virus.
Administrator Tim Parsons said that not all of the 121 residents currently in the facility have been diagnosed with coronavirus. Our census was much higher earlier on. The census has dropped due to hospitalizations, deaths (both COVID and non-COVID), and discharges home, he wrote, including departures of short-term rehabilitation patients.