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Article content Her grandmother is in a small town long-term care home north of London where nearly two-thirds of the residents are stricken by COVID-19, but Stacey Palen is remaining optimistic. Palen is doing what she can to help her 93-year-old grandmother and the others at Exeter Villa, in Exeter, by raising funds to support those affected. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Care home granddaughter raises $15K 'pick-me-up' for residents, staff Back to video Thirty-one residents at the 53-bed home, plus eight staff members, are or have beenin...

  LONDON, ONT. -- The flag outside Exeter Villa Retirement and Long-Term Care Home is at half mast Friday to honour the two residents claimed by COVID-19. "Once it comes in, it’s not totally a shock, going through the normal process, that it would tend to go through the building," says Exeter Villa Administrator Erika King.  Two thirds of the residents of Exeter Villa have contracted COVID-19 over the past couple weeks. That's 39 in total, including eight staff. In an effort to support the home where her grandmother is a resident, Stacey Palen started a fundraiser to show the residen...

Article content An outbreak has been declared at Greenwood Court in Stratford after routine surveillance testing uncovered a positive case of COVID-19 in one of the long-term care and retirement home’s staff members. Joyce Penney, Greenwood Court’s executive director, said Thursday the positive case came from swabs taken from staff members Monday. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Outbreak declared at Greenwood Court in Stratford Back to video The staff member who has tested positive was not symptomatic while inside the home and “works in an...

A second resident at a small South Huron long-term care home has died amid a COVID-19 outbreak that’s infected nearly two-thirds of all residents.

Article content A second long-term care resident at Exeter Villa in South Huron has died after testing positive for COVID-19 during the home’s ongoing outbreak. Exeter Villa administrator Erika King offered her condolences in a statement Thursday, noting that the resident “was a beloved, long-standing soul” who had previously lived in the home’s retirement living space before moving to long-term care. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. COVID-19: Officials confirm second resident death at Exeter Villa Back to video “Staff are deeply sadden...