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What does the province’s temporary return to a modified Step Two recovery plan mean for Bruce County residents as Omicron surges through the population?
Published May 24. 2021 12:01AM Elizabeth Stern The people of Connecticut looked to May 19 as the date to “start doing the things that they had stopped doing because of the pandemic.” But Connecticut appears to have a different set of rules for citizens who live in skilled nursing facilities. The homes of our neighbors who live in long-term care are not really homes if they do not afford the same liberties granted to all citizens. Our neighbors and family members who live in long-term care did not celebrate on May 19. “Fully vaccinated” makes little difference if your home is a long-...
Author of the article: Hannah MacLeod Publishing date: Mar 12, 2021 • March 12, 2021 • 2 minute read • Joy Specker, a resident at Gateway Haven Long-Term Care in Wiarton, celebrates getting the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. Over 200 residents and staff were given the second vaccine dose Tuesday at Bruce County's long-term care homes in Wiarton and Walkerton. Photo supplied. Article content On Tuesday, March 2, 128 residents and 7 staff members at Brucelea Haven Long Term Care Home (Walkerton, ON) and 86 residents and 13 staff members at the Gateway Haven ...
Author of the article: Greg Cowan Publishing date: Mar 08, 2021 • March 8, 2021 • 5 minute read • Joy Specker, a resident at Gateway Haven Long-Term Care in Wiarton, celebrates getting the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. Over 200 residents and staff were given the second vaccine dose Tuesday at Bruce County's long-term care homes in Wiarton and Walkerton. Photo supplied. Article content Residents and staff at long-term care homes in Grey-Bruce are nearing the end of the COVID-19 vaccination process and receiving second doses across the region. However, acco...
Families hope bill will help them help loved ones living in nursing homes during the pandemic The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services is holding a hearing on the Essential Caregiver Program on Thursday By Amanda Milkovits Globe Staff,Updated January 20, 2021, 7:42 p.m. Email to a Friend A photo taken on January 14, 2021 shows the hands of a resident sitting in a wheelchair in his room in a nursing home in Berlin during the COVID-19 pandemic.STEFANIE LOOS/AFP via Getty Images PROVIDENCE â Roni Ferraro agonizes over the moments of her husbandâs life that have slipped away, u...