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CANTON — For the second time this week, United Helpers’ two nursing homes in St. Lawrence County report no new COVID-19 cases or deaths. The Canton and Ogdensburg Rehabilitation and Senior Care facilities have been dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks since November, logging a total of more than 360 cases between the two sites. The neighboring Assisted Living Program in Canton has also logged five cases, all having recovered. Recoveries are now at 124 and 93 at the Canton and Ogdensburg homes, respectively. Canton recoveries have increased by 29 since Tuesday. The outbreaks began the wee...

CANTON — For the first time in weeks, United Helpers’ two nursing homes in St. Lawrence County report no new COVID-19 cases or deaths. The Canton and Ogdensburg Rehabilitation and Senior Care facilities have been dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks since November, logging a total of more than 360 cases between the two sites. The neighboring Assisted Living Program in Canton has also logged five cases, all having recovered. Recoveries are now at 95 and 91 at the Canton and Ogdensburg homes, respectively. The outbreaks began the weekend of Nov. 21 at the Ogdensburg home, 8108 Route 68, an...

CANTON — In the same 24-hour period, the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine were administered to staff and residents at United Helpers’ Canton nursing home, and 29 new virus cases were logged. According to a Thursday afternoon update from United Helpers, the increase from Wednesday at the Canton Rehabilitation and Senior Care facility breaks down to 18 staff members and 11 residents testing positive for the novel coronavirus. One person from the site is hospitalized, and five people have died of COVID-19 complications — no change from Wednesday. The Canton site, 205 Canton-...

Dec 19, 2020 Ruth Dougan of Westfield has been named director of nursing and coordinator of the Assisted Living Program at the WCA Home in Fredonia, Administrator Tammy McCool announced. Dougan oversees the professional nursing and supportive services to all residents, which includes case management and medication distribution, and coordination with each resident’s primary care doctor. She supervises the WCA Home’s case manager, medication room manager, personal care aides, and home health aides. She is also the facility infection control officer, and executes policies as directed by the ...