Uncertainty, fear, panic and anguish.
For the families of some of the 23 residents who died of COVID-19 at the Windsor Redding Care Center, those words describe the feelings that overwhelmed them during their loved ones last days.
Ultimately, the respiratory virus claimed more deaths at Windsor Redding than at any other of Shasta County s 10 nursing homes. The COVID-19 surge at the nursing home near downtown Redding sparked state health officials to declare residents were in immediate jeopardy due to conditions at the facility last fall.
Right now, with new confirmed cases of COVID-19 receding throughout the community, the outbreak is under control. In line with orders from state regulators, numerous changes have been made at Windsor Redding, which has reopened to receive new residents.