Most Quebec seniors’ homes finally started allowing family members inside to act as caregivers on May 11, but at Vigi Dollard-des-Ormeaux, the COVID-19 situation was still not stable enough to let people in.
One week late, family caregivers at the site are now finally with their loved ones in person. “I was anxious and nervous at the same time,” said Karen Squires, who has been fighting to go into Vigi DDO to care for her 90-year-old mother for over a month. “Once you’re in there, it’s like they they took all the precautions.
I felt very safe. I felt very safe.” Monday was Squires’ first official day as a family caregiver at the embattled home. Along with over half of Vigi DDO’s residents, her mother contracted COVID-19.