'We'll stay in the nursing home this Christmas. And when the vaccine comes, we'll be let out to run wild'
“We had been facilitating outdoor visits in the garden through Perspex screens up until about 6 weeks ago,” says Director of Nursing Alison Woods. “But the weather was getting colder and we knew that that Covid wasn’t going anywhere so we had to come up with something else, fast. “My brother Robert contacted a few companies to see what was on the market and we came up with the portacabin idea. We didn’t feel safe bringing families inside the home but we knew the residents needed the contact so the maintenance team devised the Perspex screens and the double entrance and it all evol...
Source: independent.ie