This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines atWhen the borders between provinces started to be restricted in March, I decided to stay put in Quebec, my adopted home. Originally from Ontario, I am a graduate student studying for my master of social work in Montreal.
All around the city, hopeful rainbows appeared on billboards and on handwritten signs accompanied by our province’s new catchphrase, “” everything will be all right. It felt hollow to me as I walked alongside those in their final stages of life, some of whom would never reunite with their families. One day I saw a sign in a window that did comfort me: “We don’t know what will happen, but have courage.” I tried to remember this as I went to work.
Another night, a resident died in the room he shared with his wife. I heard the paramedics explain to staff that they could only declare a time of death, and that we would have to wait for the coroner to take his body in the morning. They closed his eyes and left his wife to share the room with her husband’s body through the dark of night.Nobody took the time to sit with her, as she wondered aloud why his face had grown so pale. Nobody even told her that her husband had died. That became my job.
It was not the fault of the long-term care staff that the residents spent much of their time in isolation. Most were incredible at their jobs. They knew every detail about the people they served. But there was so much for them to do, and so few of them as they became ill and went home. The schedule for those remaining was unrelenting: 16-hour shifts, and a nine-day workweek. They deserve every recognition, including fairer wages and immigration status for those who are lacking.
Found this dismal and depressing. 'Screaming in pain' in diapers and denied Tylenol. You were treated better in 1900 with some opium tincture. People need to read what LTC is like and decide whether it's not better to push for routine cognitive screening and MAiD.
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