Two COVID-19 outbreaks in Osoyoos, Oliver now over
Two COVID-19 outbreaks at Osoyoos’ Mariposa Gardens and Oliver’s McKinney Place long-term care homes have been declared over, leaving four deaths in their wake.
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Four COVID deaths in Osoyoos, Oliver care homes
Two COVID-19 outbreaks at Osoyoos’ Mariposa Gardens and Oliver’s McKinney Place long-term care homes have worsened with four deaths connected to COVID-19 and continued infections among residents and staff.
UPDATED: Outbreaks strike local care homes
Oliver’s McKinney Place is the latest long-term care home in the South Okanagan to be hit by a COVID-19 outbreak. Interior Health told the Times-Chronicle that there are a total of 19 COVID-19 cases: 14 residents and five staff.
Mariposa Gardens reports COVID-19 outbreak
Osoyoos’ Mariposa Gardens is one of five health facilities in the Okanagan Valley reporting COVID-19 outbreaks this week, according to Interior Health.
Seniors advocate reports on long-term care COVID outbreaks
Paid sick leave has emerged as one of the key recommendations from the B.C. Seniors Advocate report into COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes, alongside hiring more registered nurses and decreasing the number of contract staff.
Senior’s care coalition makes vaccinations mandatory
A coalition of Canada’s largest seniors’ living operators are making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for their long-term care and retirement home staff nation-wide.
COVID vaccinations mandatory for long-term care home staff
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all workers in long-term care homes and assisted living facilities announced last week by B.C. health authorities will cover one of two elder care facilities in Osoyoos.
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Osoyoos senior’s homes prepared for wildfires
As Osoyoos found itself fully engaged in the ongoing Nk’Mip Creek wildfires over the last two and a half weeks with evacuation alerts and orders, and thick choking smoke for days on end, senior living facilities in town were prepped for action.
New focus on elder care may provoke changes
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a great many things the world over about who we are as human beings and how well, or poorly, our societies tick.
COVID and care homes: the personal view
Last week in part one of this three-part series on elder care we examined the impact on senior living and long-term care homes from the Covid-19 pandemic. This week we share some of the personal stories of how the pandemic impacted seniors and their families.
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