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Relaxed visiting rules take effect at B C long-term care facilities
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They care for the body, but not the soul : Families, advocates call for allowing care home visits
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VANCOUVER It appears a relatively low vaccination rate among employees at a Kelowna care home may not be due to vaccine hesitancy, but may point to other issues with the vaccine rollout in care homes. Thirteen people, including two staff members, have become sick amid an outbreak at the Cottonwoods Care Centre. This week, Interior Health revealed roughly 65 per cent of staff at the care centre had been vaccinated, leaving about 35 per cent of staff unvaccinated, despite the rollout starting at the facility in December. “There are a number of reasons staff may not have received the vaccine,” Karen Bloemink with Interior Health, which runs the care home, told reporters Friday.
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The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be deadlier for Canadians living in long-term care and retirement homes, particularly in provinces that failed to prepare for a resurgence of the coronavirus.
A new report by the National Institute on Ageing says 7,470 people in seniors’ homes succumbed to the coronavirus over the past six months. During the first wave, by comparison, 7,022 residents died.
COVID-19: Fears mount of gutted front lines as the pandemic wears on
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