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Long-term care homes in Ontario need "immediate emergency intervention with whatever resources are available" to prevent more deaths from COVID-19, advocates said on Tuesday.
Last Updated Monday, January 11, 2021 5:03AM EST More than 200 residents and staff have been vaccinated at a Scarborough long-term care home dealing with a deadly outbreak. According to North York General Hospital, which is temporarily managing Tendercare Living Centre, 102 residents and 113 staff were inoculated on Sunday. The doses were administered by Scarborough Health Network. “I’m happy I’m going to get my vaccine today,” personal support worker Nina Barcon told CTV News Toronto on her way into the centre. Barcon is expected to return to work on Monday after recovering from the infection. Families were relieved that their loved ones were getting the vaccine. One of them was Dennis Yuen’s mother, who tested positive for COVID-19 over Christmas but had since been cleared.
Currently, there are 19 active cases among residents at the home. The number of cases marked as resolved among residents is 91 and among staff is 80.
A total of 42 staff members have returned to work at the home. More staff members are expected to return in the coming days.
Hospital making improvements at home
Hopkins said in a statement on Friday that there have been many improvements at the home since NYGH signed a voluntary management agreement to manage the home and its outbreak temporarily. The outbreak management at Tendercare Living Centre continues to move in the right direction with continued improvements in all areas, including maintaining staffing levels, ensuring infection prevention and control practices and standards are met, and a high level of clinical care and support for residents, Hopkins said.