A number of care homes in Alberta say they’re burning through their supplies of personal protective equipment as they work to keep vulnerable seniors safe from COVID-19. “We are using masks, procedural masks, gloves and gowns — those types of things, and of course, hand sanitizer,” explained Wendy King, executive director of the Canterbury Foundation.
The Foundation runs Canterbury Manor, home to hundreds of seniors in Edmonton’s Laurier Heights neighbourhood. King said it’s getting harder to source PPE and Canturbury’s stocks are dwindling. “Now with the continuous masking order directed from the chief medical officer of health, of course we’re going to go through those supplies much quicker,” she explained on Monday. “We were promised an