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LISA HAMMER
CAMBRIDGEÂ â Henry County Board members learned in a zoom meeting Thursday night that COVID-19 has struck the county-owned nursing home.
Health and social services chairman Jan May said, as of Wednesday, 67 of the home s 70 residents at Hillcrest Nursing Home had tested positive for COVID-19. She said only one was actively isolated. All of the other residents seem to be on the road to recovery, she said.
Two part-time nurses ended their employment because of COVID, and the home has spent $387,448 on outside agency staff to make up for the shortfall of personnel.
The county board unanimously approved $60,000 in hazard pay for regular part-time and full-time Hillcrest employees. The money will come from CARES Act funding that has to be spent by Dec. 31. There are well over 100 regular Hillcrest employees, according to May. The home received $682,831 in CARES money this year that has been used to offset costs including COVID testing, supplies and eq