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05.03.2021 / 19:33

Bingo, movie nights: COVID-19 outbreaks plummet in LTC homes as vaccines bring relief

long-term care homes in Ontario to fully vaccinate almost all of its residents against the coronavirus.Some 202 of the nursing home’s 203 residents and 80 per cent of the staff received their second COVID-19 vaccine shot in January – and life is slowly returning to normal, much to the relief of the seniors.

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Visit restrictions amid COVID-19 caused ‘spike in depression’ in long-term care homes

long-term care home where the first Canadian died of COVID-19.Nine months later, Drew said visiting restrictions that were initially needed at facilities like the Lynn Valley Care Centre are now causing more harm than good for her dad and other residents who are mostly confined to their rooms. ‘Scared to death’: Boston doctor suffers severe allergic reaction after Moderna vaccine That’s where she fears 96-year-old Graham Drew will die alone.“It’s very hard because he’s getting depressed.

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Beyond coronavirus, deaths from neglect in U.S. nursing homes also surging: experts

coronavirus pandemic, advocates for the elderly say a tandem wave of fatalities is quietly claiming tens of thousands more who are succumbing not to the virus but to neglect by overwhelmed staffs and slow declines from isolation.Nursing home watchdogs are being flooded with reports of residents kept in soiled diapers so long their skin peeled off, left with bedsores that cut to the bone, and allowed to wither away in starvation or thirst.

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Seniors ‘deteriorating’: Families dissatisfied with N.S. new long-term care home visitation rules

COVID-19 pandemic struck Nova Scotia, prompting a lockdown in long-term care homes across the province, Northwood resident Yvonne Schwartz could walk.Her active social life at the seniors’ residence in downtown Halifax included visits with friends, games of bridge, shopping, and the meticulous application of lipstick and jewelry.But after five months of confinement to her room, Schwartz’s muscles have given up on her.She now requires a wheelchair during visits with her daughters, Holly Crooks and Jan Marriott.“She stopped wanting to bother getting dressed because there didn’t seem to be any point,” said Crooks.

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Nearly 500 more long term care beds coming to B.C.’s Interior Health region

Report calls out ‘systemic’ failings in Canada’s long-term care system There are currently about 6,000 long term care beds across Interior Health region.“We looked at many factors when determining where to locate these projects, including population projections, wait times for admissions, the complexity of people needing care, as well as local and regional demographics,” said Susan Brown, Interior Health CEO and president.Dix said that all of the new beds will be single rooms.“We have a growing seniors population,” Dix said. “Just to give an example of that, in Interior Health, there are going to be 28 per cent more people over 75 in five years then there are today.

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Canadian troops may be called to testify in court cases against long-term care homes

Stephen Birman and Lucy Jackson of Toronto law firm Thomson Rogers are leading a proposed $20-million class-action lawsuit brought against the Altamonte Care Community on behalf of the Toronto home’s residents and their families.They say the troops’ firsthand observations could be critical in proving their clients’ claims against the home and that they plan to try to collect service members’ statements during the course of their lawsuit.The Department of National Defence says military personnel have an obligation to report their observations about any mission and acknowledges they can be called upon as witnesses in legal proceedings.

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New Brunswick’s first coronavirus-related death sparks concerns for those in care homes

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Coronavirus: Montreal long-term care employee dies from COVID-19

Another Montreal long-term care employee has died after contracting COVID-19, confirmed the CIUSSS of Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal on Sunday.

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Nearly half of Canada’s COVID-19 deaths linked to long-term care facilities: Tam

In Canada, nearly half of all coronavirus-related deaths happen in long term-care homes, Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0