Michael Tutton
Pedestrians head past signs supporting Northwood Manor, one of the largest nursing homes in Atlantic Canada, in Halifax on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan December 24, 2020 - 1:00 AM
HALIFAX - After almost a year of leading Atlantic Canada s largest non-profit care home through the COVID-19 crisis, Janet Simm sees elements of hope in 2021. Vaccinations are the light at the end of a very, very, very difficult tunnel, the chief executive of the Northwood long term care facility â where 53 of Atlantic Canada s 77 pandemic-linked deaths occurred â said in an interview earlier this week. But we can t lose sight of all the prevention measures we must keep in place.
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HALIFAX Long-term care facilities have only had a few days to organize bringing visitors back inside for residents in a limited way after the province announced Dec. 16 it was loosening some restrictions. While the province is now allowing a small number of visitors at care homes, it was left up to individual facilities to decide exactly how many would be allowed, along with the best ways to maintain COVID-19 protocols such as physical distancing. In some cases, that has meant hiring extra staff or bringing staff back from Christmas vacations early, if they are willing. The head of the association representing nursing homes in the province says she does wish the province had given operators more of a heads-up on the announcement last week.
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