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Carnage in our Care Homes 1: Little Mountain.
Staff are being blamed but the real villains are BC health authorities who refused to test them promptly when the outbreak began.
41 dead. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3116863/vancouver-coronavirus-disaster-infected-staff-tried-push-through-their
Staff are being blamed but the real villains are BC health authorities who refused to test them promptly when the outbreak began.
41 dead. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3116863/vancouver-coronavirus-disaster-infected-staff-tried-push-through-their
Carnage in our Care Homes 2: Agecare Harmony Court
Few details are available online about this outbreak that most of us never heard of due to the info blackout by BC Ministry of Health. @SrsAdvocateBC will dig them up.
30 dead. #StopTheSenicide https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rolf-hundvik-dies-covid-19-burnaby-1.5861316
Few details are available online about this outbreak that most of us never heard of due to the info blackout by BC Ministry of Health. @SrsAdvocateBC will dig them up.
30 dead. #StopTheSenicide https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rolf-hundvik-dies-covid-19-burnaby-1.5861316
Carnage in our Care Homes 3: Langley Lodge
"it was already clear that mass swabbing for asymptomatic patients was a vital tool... [But] the home’s medical director had to push 'really hard to have mass swabbing.'" It started a week late.
26 dead. https://www.empireadvance.ca/leaked-document-details-missteps-during-deadliest-covid-19-outbreak-in-b-c-1.24204376
"it was already clear that mass swabbing for asymptomatic patients was a vital tool... [But] the home’s medical director had to push 'really hard to have mass swabbing.'" It started a week late.
26 dead. https://www.empireadvance.ca/leaked-document-details-missteps-during-deadliest-covid-19-outbreak-in-b-c-1.24204376
Carnage in BC Care Homes 4: Tabor Home
"Dan Levitt said rapid tests could be one more tool...to push back the rate of outbreaks at care homes... 'it would make a huge difference.'"
@SrsAdvocateBC Ask Dan when mass testing started at Tabor.
26 dead. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/care-home-providers-add-to-growing-appeal-for-rapid-covid-19-tests-for-workers-1.5815207
"Dan Levitt said rapid tests could be one more tool...to push back the rate of outbreaks at care homes... 'it would make a huge difference.'"
@SrsAdvocateBC Ask Dan when mass testing started at Tabor.
26 dead. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/care-home-providers-add-to-growing-appeal-for-rapid-covid-19-tests-for-workers-1.5815207
Carnage in BC Care Homes 5: Finnish Manor
When the outbreak began, FH maintained staffing, restricted visitors and movements of staff and residents, enhanced cleaning and infection control, screened for symptoms twice daily.
Testing? Who knows?
24 dead. https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/covid-outbreaks-revealed-at-two-new-burnaby-locations-3141433
When the outbreak began, FH maintained staffing, restricted visitors and movements of staff and residents, enhanced cleaning and infection control, screened for symptoms twice daily.
Testing? Who knows?
24 dead. https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/covid-outbreaks-revealed-at-two-new-burnaby-locations-3141433
Carnage in BC Care Homes 6: German Canadian Benevolent Society
Can't find much info online about this one which started during BC Ministry of Health's 2-month information blackout on LTC outbreaks. @SrsAdvocateBC will learn the sad story.
25 dead. https://vancouversun.com/news/tentative-sometning-about-long-term-care-homses-seniors-advocate-is-investigating-long-term-care-home-deaths
Can't find much info online about this one which started during BC Ministry of Health's 2-month information blackout on LTC outbreaks. @SrsAdvocateBC will learn the sad story.
25 dead. https://vancouversun.com/news/tentative-sometning-about-long-term-care-homses-seniors-advocate-is-investigating-long-term-care-home-deaths
Carnage in BC Care Homes 7: Capilano Care
"This virus took them so tragically when they still had so much life to live... this invisible enemy. One resident got it and unknowingly spread it... almost every single resident got infected."
24 dead. https://www.burnabynow.com/coronavirus-covid-19-local-news/letter-we-too-loved-them-a-care-aides-message-to-families-who-lost-seniors-to-covid-3225989
"This virus took them so tragically when they still had so much life to live... this invisible enemy. One resident got it and unknowingly spread it... almost every single resident got infected."
24 dead. https://www.burnabynow.com/coronavirus-covid-19-local-news/letter-we-too-loved-them-a-care-aides-message-to-families-who-lost-seniors-to-covid-3225989
Carnage in BC Care Homes 8: Holy Family Hospital
The "invisible enemy" spread silently through this home for weeks before mass testing began. Meanwhile, BC left about 6,000 tests PER DAY unused during that period.
21 dead. https://ronaldnhughes.wordpress.com/2020/09/18/an-unnecessary-tragedy-made-in-bc/
The "invisible enemy" spread silently through this home for weeks before mass testing began. Meanwhile, BC left about 6,000 tests PER DAY unused during that period.
21 dead. https://ronaldnhughes.wordpress.com/2020/09/18/an-unnecessary-tragedy-made-in-bc/
Carnage in BC Care Homes 9: Lakeshore Care Centre
Dec 5: Outbreak declared by Fraser Health. "control measures...include visitor restrictions, increased cleaning, twice-per-day [symptom] screening of all staff and residents and more." Testing?
21 dead. https://www.iheartradio.ca/ctv-news-content/2-new-covid-19-outbreaks-at-care-homes-in-fraser-health-region-1.14103573
![Carnage in BC Care Homes 9: Lakeshore Care CentreDec 5: Outbreak declared by Fraser Health. "control measures...include visitor restrictions, increased cleaning, twice-per-day [symptom] screening of all staff and residents and more." Testing?21 dead. https://www.iheartradio.ca/ctv-news-content/2-new-covid-19-outbreaks-at-care-homes-in-fraser-health-region-1.14103573](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Er57sPfVkAEDs0L.jpg "Carnage in BC Care Homes 9: Lakeshore Care CentreDec 5: Outbreak declared by Fraser Health. \"control measures...include visitor restrictions, increased cleaning, twice-per-day [symptom] screening of all staff and residents and more.\" Testing?21 dead. https://www.iheartradio.ca/ctv-news-content/2-new-covid-19-outbreaks-at-care-homes-in-fraser-health-region-1.14103573")
Dec 5: Outbreak declared by Fraser Health. "control measures...include visitor restrictions, increased cleaning, twice-per-day [symptom] screening of all staff and residents and more." Testing?
21 dead. https://www.iheartradio.ca/ctv-news-content/2-new-covid-19-outbreaks-at-care-homes-in-fraser-health-region-1.14103573
Carnage in BC Care Homes 10: Lynn Valley
Our 1st LTC outbreak started in March. Family members called for accountability. VCH doctor: "we’ve learned a lot from the Lynn Valley experience.” But BC families are still calling for LTC accountability.
20 dead. https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/covid-19-outbreak-declared-over-at-lynn-valley-the-hardest-hit-seniors-home-in-b-c
Our 1st LTC outbreak started in March. Family members called for accountability. VCH doctor: "we’ve learned a lot from the Lynn Valley experience.” But BC families are still calling for LTC accountability.
20 dead. https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/covid-19-outbreak-declared-over-at-lynn-valley-the-hardest-hit-seniors-home-in-b-c
Carnage in BC Care Homes 11: McKinney Place
As it did at Little Mountain, Holy Family, Langley Lodge, perhaps during all of BC's deadliest outbreaks, mass testing evidently started too late here. This thread tells the tale: https://twitter.com/RonaldNHughes/status/1338389486380568577?s=20
17 dead. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/oliver-bc-mckinney-place-covid-outbreak-evelyn-partridge-78-death-1.5842141
As it did at Little Mountain, Holy Family, Langley Lodge, perhaps during all of BC's deadliest outbreaks, mass testing evidently started too late here. This thread tells the tale: https://twitter.com/RonaldNHughes/status/1338389486380568577?s=20
17 dead. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/oliver-bc-mckinney-place-covid-outbreak-evelyn-partridge-78-death-1.5842141
