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COVID-19 pandemic, residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities have all experienced some form of lockdown, many confined to their rooms for most hours of the day, and permitted supervised, time-limited visits with select family members once or twice a week.That isolation has resulted in degrading health for many seniors, say their family members, who also want permission to take them on small outings, and for visits home.“My mom is living with significant dementia,” said protester Beverley Harris, whose mother, Jessie Haas, 93, lives at the Wolfville Elms Residential Care Facility.“In the last few weeks, months, most of her conversations to us have been, get me out of this place, I feel like I’m in jail.

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Coronavirus: Working mothers pushed out of U.S. labour force as child-care crisis grows

coronavirus pandemic hit, forcing many schools to shift online. The now-married mother of five saw little choice but to give up her newly minted business to help three of her children cope with remote learning while her husband, the primary breadwinner, kept his job at a senior living centre.“To see all that come to fruition, I did it, but now it’s gone,” said Wynn, who has always been the main caretaker for her children, ages 1, 5, 11, 12 and 18.

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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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Manitoba care homes looking at prevention after outbreak, death in Steinbach

Manitoba government boosts back-to-work wage subsidy program amid coronavirus outbreak Harris said the facility has increased testing, personal protective equipment and other safety measures, as well as transferring the infected to hospital.“(Manitoba’s chief public health officer, Dr. Brent Roussin) has shared that it may have come in from a staff member that would have worked during a period of time of transmission.

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Health-care workers at Maimonides walk-off the job over delayed provincial bonus payment

coronavirus bonus pay.Some two dozen nurses and staff stood outside of the facility waving signs, blowing horns and chanting in unison, “where is the money.”The group of health-care workers claims to have not received the financial ‘pandemic pay’ incentive promised to them by the provincial government.“We work hard during this COVID-19 and we were promised all this incentive and we didn’t get it,” said PAB Andrea Osborne.Staff infected at Vigi Mont-Royal seniors’ residence after ventilation system malfunctionOsborne claims that all the other departments in the center have received their payment, except for the nursing staff and PAB’s.“We take the sickness to our families, we worked the overtime hours and we get nothing, we are

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Tories demand probe into Scots care home coronavirus scandal

Scottish Government 's handling of care homes during the coronavirus crisis breached public health legislation. The Scottish Conservatives have written to Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC, saying ministers' actions have had "harrowing and devastating consequences for the residential care home sector".

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COVID-19: Red Cross staffing lower than expected in Quebec long term care homes

The number of temporary Canadian Red Cross-trained workers needed in Quebec’s long-term care homes is short of the 900 that were expected to replace departing Canadian military personnel.On Wednesday, the humanitarian agency’s Quebec branch said it had 160 employees working in the province’s long-term care facilities at the beginning of the week, a number expected to rise to 235 by end of it.But those figures fall well short of the 900 people Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had promised to replace more than 1,000 members of the Canadian Armed Forces who’d been deployed during the spring to the homes hardest-hit by COVID-19.

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Alberta, Ottawa agree to one-year child-care funding extension amid COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic.For Alberta, the one-year deal will mean more than $45 million this fiscal year to create new licensed child-care spaces through capital and program grants and subsidies for more lower-income families.

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Limited indoor visits can now resume at Ontario long-term care homes

COVID-19 pandemic.Facilities not currently experiencing an outbreak of the novel coronavirus have allowed outdoor visits since last month.But as of today, they can permit residents’ loved ones to come inside, so long as certain procedures are followed.

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Nova Scotia child-care centres facing layoffs to stay afloat until September

coronavirus pandemic. Even with provincial funding, which helped facilities reopen on June 15, directors now worry they won’t stay viable until September.Margot Nickerson, an early childhood educator at St.

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White House backs new effort to end Obamacare despite coronavirus pandemic

coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act.The administration’s latest high court filing came the same day the government reported that close to half a million people who lost their health insurance amid the economic shutdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 have gotten coverage through HealthCare.gov.The administration’s legal brief makes no mention of the virus.

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Coronavirus: Nursing homes begin refilling beds emptied by pandemic, worrying families

coronavirus, but now that its outbreak has been declared over, the management has told families it is refilling beds emptied by the pandemic.“We’re going to start admitting new residents this week, and will continue to do so, over time, until our home is full once again,” the home in Markham, Ont., told families in a June 15 email.New residents must be tested for COVID-19 and isolate for 14 days upon admission, but some families are uncomfortable with it and say staff have told them they are concerned about the added workload.“It’s too soon,” said Cameron Robson, whose 91-year-old mothers is at Markhaven.He said the residents have been through a tough time during the outbreak, which ended just a month ago, and he was worried.The home said

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New COVID-19 outbreaks at 3 Edmonton continuing care facilities

COVID-19 have been reported at three continuing care facilities in Edmonton as case numbers continue to climb in the capital city.Alberta Health said there are two cases of COVID-19 at Capital Care Grandview, three cases at Miller Crossing Care Centre and five cases at Good Samaritan Westpark Group Home. These new outbreaks are the first new ones reported in Edmonton in a few months.Previously, the only other continuing care facility with an outbreak in the city was Kensington Village in northeast Edmonton.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]At this point, it isn’t clear how many cases are in patients and how many are in staff.

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Family members of long-term care residents react to restart of visitors into long-term care

For months, the COVID-19 pandemic has stopped Kat Borczak from being able to see her mother who is a resident of a long-term care facility. On Thursday, she heard the province’s announcement to begin the cautious restart of allowing visitors into long-term care and retirement homes.

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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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Nova Scotia health-care workers calling for more support in child care

Nova Scotia announced Tuesday that child-care centres will be opening June 15 beginning with 50 per cent capacity.

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Ontario ombudsman launches long-term care investigation following military report

TORONTO – Ontario’s ombudsman is launching an investigation into the province’s oversight of long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Community support, care and compassion is keeping spirits lifted at Bothwell Castle Care Home

In these challenging and uncertain times, it’s the little things that really count.

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Could Manitoba’s long-term care homes suffer the same conditions as those in Ontario report?

A report from the Canadian military released on Tuesday described horrific conditions at five Ontario long-term care homes, leaving many across the country wondering if their own local facilities are plagued by the same problems.

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Family praise staff at East Kilbride care home for care of mother

The family of an East Kilbride care home resident have heaped praise on dedicated staff amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Military teams raise concerns about conditions at Ontario care homes

Military personnel sent to nursing homes in Ontario have observed shocking conditions, including “blatant disregard” for infection control measures, mistreatment of residents and a level of care described as “horrible,” according to documents obtained by Global News.

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Pen pal project supporting Bobcaygeon, Ont., long-term care rebounding from COVID-19 outbreak

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.

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Fighting COVID-19: Staff at Regina care home live with residents for 55 days

In an effort to try to keep out the novel coronavirus, some staff lived at the Harbour Landing Village retirement home in Regina for more than 55 days to ensure the safety of over 70 residents.

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Manitobans should remain vigilant around care homes during COVID-19: seniors’ advocate

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New COVID-19 case at Calgary’s McKenzie Towne care facility a ‘setback’ for families

The addition of a new case at Calgary’s McKenzie Towne Continuing Care Centre has suspended outdoor face-to-face visits, which was supposed to start up this week. It’s a disappointing development for families of residents who long to see their loved ones.

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Nearly half of residents at Île-Bizard long-term care facility infected with coronavirus

Over the last few weeks, the situation at Denis-Benjamin-Viger in Île-Bizard has gone from bad to worse.

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COVID-19 outbreak declared at Athens, Ont., long-term care home

A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a nursing home in the Brockville, Ont., area.

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Windsor, Ont., health-care workers to get gift cards from U.S. Consulate as thanks

While the novel coronavirus pandemic has shut down the Canada-U.S. border to all but essential traffic, health-care workers living in Windsor and Essex County continue to cross the border every day to provide care for Americans.

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Nova Scotia to provide cash bonus for front-line health-care workers

The majority of health-care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis did not initially qualify for the federal top-up program, according to the government of Nova Scotia, until now.

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Peak of coronavirus-related deaths in care homes could be 'months away', says CEO of Care England

The peak of coronavirus-related deaths in care homes could potentially be 'months away', the chief executive of Care England has said.

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East Kilbride care home where seven people have died of coronavirus cancels staff leave

A care home battling a deadly coronavirus outbreak has cancelled all annual leave and is charging exhausted staff for meals.

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Quebec families worried about proper care at West Island long-term care home

Palmira Arrizza got the call from Vigi Dollard-des-Ormeaux (DDO) on Tuesday that she never wanted to get.

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Health-care workers’ union goes to Ontario labour relations board over care home outbreaks

The union that represents over 60,000 front-line health-care workers is taking more action to protect those working at long-term care facilities hit by COVID-19 outbreaks.

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Coronavirus outbreak: English health-care workers cheer for fellow staff member leaving critical care

Health-care workers at Conquest Hospital in Hastings, England, applauded and cheered for their fellow staff member who recovered enough from COVID-19 to be moved out of critical care on April 17.

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More COVID-19 cases at Calgary long term care centres

More Calgary seniors homes have confirmed cases of COVID-19, amid a pandemic that has spread across the world.

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Philips Sonicare Toothbrush Review: I'll Never Use White Strips Again

I tried the Philips Sonicare toothbrush and, to my surprise, it has become one of my most beloved possessions. Let me explain: I’ve never been someone who enjoys oral hygiene.

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Trudeau looks to support long-term care workers, boost wages for essential workers

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he will be looking at ways to better support long-term care employees taking care of seniors during the coronavirus pandemic, while announcing more money for essential workers who are making less than $2,500 per month.

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Furious Piers Morgan orders Care Minister to 'stop laughing at 4,000 care home deaths'

Piers Morgan ordered Care Minister to Helen Whately to "stop laughing" during an excruciating interview on Good Morning Britain.

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Coronavirus: ‘Isolation’ toll growing on Okanagan care-home residents

With most, if not all, long-term care homes in B.C. on lockdown because of coronavirus concerns, the toll on residents is growing.

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Coronavirus: Two deaths confirmed in East Kilbride care home at centre of outbreak

Two residents have died in an East Kilbride care home at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak.

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Alberta care home providers running low on personal protective equipment

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.

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Calgary’s Clifton Manor care facility confirms more cases of COVID-19

Conroy said many precautions are being taken at Clifton Manor. Residents are tested at the first sign of any symptom and are immediately quarantined in their room.

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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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Coronavirus: Montreal school boards address potential loan of staff to health-care sector

A Quebec school board association is questioning the provincial government’s proposal to redeploy educational workers to the health sector amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Senior dies of COVID-19 in Stratford Ont. long-term care home

Huron Perth Public Health announced the passing of a resident at the Greenwood Court long-term care home who had tested positive for COVID-19 Saturday.

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Delaware recruiting health care, child care workers as COVID-19 cases rise

From how it spreads to where it originated, here's a look at everything you need to know about the deadly contagion.

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10 dead, 20 infected at Almonte, Ont., long-term care facility due to COVID-19 outbreak

Ten residents at a long-term care home outside of Ottawa are dead due to a novel coronavirus outbreak.

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