TORONTO An Ontario long-term care home that has been in a COVID-19 outbreak since mid-November has received an order of compliance from York Region’s medical officer of health due in part to what he describes as “inadequate senior leadership” at the institution and insufficient knowledge of infection prevention and control (IPAC) processes.
The order was issued by Dr. Karim Kurji, on New Year’s Eve and requires Villa Leonardo Gambin, a long-term care home in Vaughan, Ont. operated by Sienna Senior Living, to “comply with all direction related to the COVID-19 outbreak.” An outbreak was declared at Villa Leonardo Gambin on Nov. 20. According to data available Saturday, there are 35 confirmed cases among residents and 14 among staff. Four residents have died since the outbreak was declared.
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During the province-wide COVID-19 lockdown, family members cannot visit long-term care residents in-person, but steps have been taken at Maple Manor Long Term Care in Tillsonburg to maintain a connection.
“We have virtual visits,” said Rike Lammel-Joseph, Administrator at Maple Manor Long Term Care.
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“Our recreation department looks after that. That’s set up with the family members so they can talk through a tablet, so they see their loved ones on either side.
We are grateful for the exceptional life of Doris Baziuk who passed away peacefully at home on December 25th, 2020 at the age of 99.
Doris is survived by her daughter Sylvia Ann Benser (Steve), Fargo North Dakota, and sons Maurice William Baziuk and Bruce Brian Baziuk (Rhonda) along with several grandchildren and great grandchildren throughout Canada and the USA. Doris leaves behind three brothers and many nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her husband William “Bill” Baziuk who passed away in 1993.
Doris was born September 18, 1921 in Prelate (Septre) Saskatchewan. As the oldest of 9 children, Doris left the family farm at age of 16 (with $50 dollars in her pocket) to pursue an education in nursing at McKellar General Hospital. In 1944 she met the love of her life, Bill Baziuk, and changed her career path to focus on her family.
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Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare is stepping in to help a Windsor long-term care home overwhelmed by more than 160 COVID-19 cases.
The post-acute care hospital announced on Christmas Eve it had “strengthened” its partnership with Schlegel Villages and will now have “an even more extensive collaboration” in dealing with an outbreak of the novel coronavirus at The Village at St. Clair.
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Starting on Thursday, HDGH “will be establishing a deepened and more closely supportive presence at the Village,” said a news release from the hospital.
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Increasingly under fire for the major COVID-19 outbreak at one of its Windsor long-term care homes, the Schlegel Villages corporation has issued a list of the measures undertaken to deal with the situation.
“We deeply appreciate the support and interest that our partners like the hospital, the LHIN (Local Health Integration Network), and the union have shown our home,” said Christy Parsons, a vice-president with Schlegel Villages, speaking about The Village at St. Clair in south Windsor.
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