How one Montreal long-term care home has kept COVID-19 at bay

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Pavillon Camille-Lefebvre has achieved a rare feat: not a single positive case, much less any COVID-19 deaths

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Judith Morlese, a nurse-manager at the Pavillon Camille-Lefebvre, believes the facility’s success in keeping out COVID-19 was about more than just luck. The centre began developing a pandemic plan in January, before the first case in the province was declared, and made the decision early on to ban visitors and require staff members returning from overseas to stay home until testing showed they were not infected.Staff members were brought on board early and subjected to a thorough screening process every day before work. They were told to stay home and get tested at the first appearance of symptoms.

Morlese says much of the home’s success came from diligently following the simple health directives regarding sanitizing equipment, hand-washing and wearing of protective equipment. Those who stayed were offered full-time work, which helped the home to avoid the staff shortages that authorities have cited as a weak point that allowed COVID-19 to enter in so many homes.

In Ontario, he said, private homes seem to have fared worse, possibly because of aging buildings designed to house multiple residents in one room and inadequate space for distancing.

 

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Yes, keep out the virus so they can die slow deaths from Alzheimer's instead. My neighbour died of treatable pneumonia, his wife declined treatment so he wouldn't have to live to the bitter end.

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