A new pen pal initiative has been launched for the community to write letters to residents of a Bobcaygeon, Ont., long-term care home recovering from a deadly coronavirus outbreak.
Last Friday, health officials declared the two-month-long outbreak over at Pinecrest Nursing Home, but not before the virus claimed the lives of 28 residents at the 65-bed facility (approximately 43 per cent) and one spouse of a resident.
It also infected more than two dozen staff. Facility administrator Mary Carr said on Friday that staff members continue to rejoin the team and assist in an ongoing “spring cleaning” effort. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “Our residents are happy to see familiar faces in the home and