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Shared Health loosened visitation restrictions in June allowing fully vaccinated general visitors, not just essential or designated family caregivers, to be able to go to personal care homes. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
For months during the pandemic, Arlene Fages could only see her husband and one of her daughters at the Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre because of COVID-19 visitor restrictions at personal care homes.
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For months during the pandemic, Arlene Fages could only see her husband and one of her daughters at the Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre because of COVID-19 visitor restrictions at personal care homes.
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Deputy chief public health officer says more Canadians still need to be vaccinated By: Dylan Robertson
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Michelle Porter, director of the U of M’s Centre on Aging, says communal-living residences should consider stop-gap measures to boost quality of life until society can return to normal.
OTTAWA The oldest Manitobans are most likely to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and have fewer years of life left than the average person.
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Yet they won’t be exempted from any pandemic restrictions for the coming weeks. It’s not so much about what (people) do with one or two doses, it’s more about the vulnerable, remaining part of the community, Dr. Howard Njoo, Canada’s deputy chief public health officer, told reporters Thursday.
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Personal care home staff with no symptoms of COVID-19 could soon get testing anyway following the success of a recent pilot project.
Personal care home staff with no symptoms of COVID-19 could soon get testing anyway following the success of a recent pilot project.
The pilot project rapid testing for the novel coronavirus was completed over four weeks starting in mid-December at three personal care homes. It will now be offered to other facilities in the province. So far almost 40 care homes have taken up the offer. The fast identification of a positive test result enables the quickest possible action for the facility and the province, said Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson in a statement on Monday.
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For the first time in almost three months, Marie Bell heard her daughter tell her in person she loves her.
For the first time in almost three months, Marie Bell heard her daughter tell her in person she loves her.
Bell, 89, is a resident of Convalescent Home of Winnipeg, a personal care home which has gone through weeks of battling an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Extremely restrictive visitation policies were enacted.
Now, as its COVID-19 numbers dropped, the facility, following guidelines set by Shared Health, has begun allowing in-person visitation via a heated pod located outside the main building.