Take Care: COVID-19 pushes long-term care issues into the spotlight After years of warning signs and health-care worker unions sounding alarm bells, it took a pandemic to cast a spotlight on the realities inside Saskatchewan s long-term care homes.
Author of the article: Lynn Giesbrecht
Publishing date: Mar 06, 2021 • March 6, 2021 • 10 minute read • Beverley Hartnell holds a photo of her father, Bernard Hartnell, in front of her home in Regina, Saskatchewan on Feb. 2, 2021. Bernard was a resident at Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home until he died of COVID-19 in January 2021. Photo by BRANDON HARDER /Regina Leader-Post
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By Alison Bradish
As news about Covid-19 spreading in care homes bombard the public along with images of isolated seniors looking longingly out of windows, there is ample opportunity to worry about loved ones in care homes.
For residents of Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home in Regina and Providence Place care home in Moose Jaw, there are two women helping to alieviate that worry and meet the spiritual needs of residents and staff despite the on-going obstacles of a pandemic.
Susan Askin is the director of Spiritual Care and Mission Effectiveness at Santa Maria. She is responsible for supporting residents spiritually, whether they belong to a faith tradition or not. Askin also works with the family of residents when necessary and provides spiritual support for staff members.