Posted: May 06, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 6
Betty Yakimenko, left, poses with her mother, Elsie Stadler, who lives at Madonna Care Community in Ottawa. Yakimenko says her mom s memory is completely gone after staying in isolation for the last year.(Submitted by Betty Yakimenko)
Long-term care homes are allowing residents to do some things they haven t been able to for over a year, but some say the lifting of heavy restrictions comes too late. Honestly, there are a lot of residents in there that probably would have benefited from dying of COVID-19 than going through the hell of isolation and neglect, said Lisa Nye, a partner-in-care for her 74-year-old father.
Posted: Mar 11, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 11
Bob Nye eats dinner in his room at an Extendicare Medex home in Ottawa. As of March 10, 2021, residents were being told to isolate in their rooms even though they d been given two COVID-19 vaccine doses after two staff members tested positive.(Submitted by Lisa Nye)