Last Updated Monday, January 11, 2021 5:03AM EST More than 200 residents and staff have been vaccinated at a Scarborough long-term care home dealing with a deadly outbreak. According to North York General Hospital, which is temporarily managing Tendercare Living Centre, 102 residents and 113 staff were inoculated on Sunday. The doses were administered by Scarborough Health Network. “I’m happy I’m going to get my vaccine today,” personal support worker Nina Barcon told CTV News Toronto on her way into the centre. Barcon is expected to return to work on Monday after recovering from the infection. Families were relieved that their loved ones were getting the vaccine. One of them was Dennis Yuen’s mother, who tested positive for COVID-19 over Christmas but had since been cleared.
Vaccine arrival at Tendercare LC too little, too late for some families
by Maleeha Sheikh and News Staff
Posted Jan 10, 2021 5:51 pm EDT
Last Updated Jan 11, 2021 at 8:07 am EDT
More than 200 staff and residents at Tendercare Living Centre were vaccinated on Sunday, bringing relief to the east-end long-term care home that has battled one of the deadliest outbreaks in the province.
In a statement, North York General Hospital – which has taken over administration of the facility – says 102 residents and 113 staff received their first doses.
The hospital says no new cases of COVID-19 have been reported among staff or residents and that for the third day in a row, no new deaths have been reported.
TORONTO Staff and residents at Tendercare Living Centre began receiving COVID-19 vaccinations Sunday, hoping to stem to the outbreak at the hard-hit long-term care home. Seventy-three people have died from contracting the virus at the Scarborough facility, which has suffered the highest COVID-19 fatality rate of all Ontario long-term care homes. As of Sunday there were 20 active resident cases at Tendercare; 91 resident cases were considered resolved. “I’m happy I’m going to get my vaccine today,” personal support worker Nina Barcon told CTV News Toronto on her way into the centre. Barcon was scheduled to return to work Monday after recovering from COVID-19.
Currently, there are 19 active cases among residents at the home. The number of cases marked as resolved among residents is 91 and among staff is 80.
A total of 42 staff members have returned to work at the home. More staff members are expected to return in the coming days.
Hospital making improvements at home
Hopkins said in a statement on Friday that there have been many improvements at the home since NYGH signed a voluntary management agreement to manage the home and its outbreak temporarily. The outbreak management at Tendercare Living Centre continues to move in the right direction with continued improvements in all areas, including maintaining staffing levels, ensuring infection prevention and control practices and standards are met, and a high level of clinical care and support for residents, Hopkins said.