Traveling nurse Freddie Miller hasn’t been home for more than a month.
He spent Thanksgiving working a contract at a Santa Clara County facility. And he provided care to nursing home residents at Escondido Post Acute Rehab on Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day before his two-week contract ended and his employer Aya Healthcare, which is a traveling nurse staffing agency sent him to yet another facility on a new contract.
Despite missing his family and friends back in Naples, Fla., getting to work with nursing home residents and novel coronavirus patients throughout the holiday season has been emotionally fulfilling for the 23-year-old nurse.
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On Christmas Eve morning, a woman stood outside Escondido Post Acute Rehab, talking through a window with her 100-year-old mother, a resident of the facility who has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
The two women spoke over the phone for about 15 minutes, waving at one another as two healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment worked in the room. The daughter said she was checking on her mom and trying to find out how she was doing after testing positive for the virus while recovering from a dislocated shoulder.
Last week, the nursing home earned the distinction of having the largest active outbreak in a skilled nursing facility in San Diego County.