[ad_1] The person had no immediate family and was well cared for by dedicated Newmarch House staff. On behalf of our resident, we mourn his death and appreciate that he was part of our Anglicare family while caring for them. His passing highlights how terrible this virus is and how devastating it is to the … Read more
[ad_1] A nursing home in New York has reported the deaths of 98 residents believed to have had coronavirus. The “horrifying” death toll at the Isabella Geriatric Center in Manhattan is believed to be one of the worst outbreaks in the United States. Initially, state officials only recorded 13 deaths, but staff at the 705-bed … Read more
[ad_1] WHILE THE HEALTH AUTHORITIES PREPARED HOSPITALS AND OTHER SECTORS FOR COVID-19, THE VIRUSES WAS SILENTLY DISPOSED THROUGH NURSING HOMES. HOW WAS IRELAND “CAUGHT”? Sitting in her room at the St. Mary Hospital Nursing Home in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, Rose Hegarty listened to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s speech on March 12 announcing the closure of schools … Read more
[ad_1] 2.29pm BST14:29 The government has changed the way it counts the number of Covid-19 tests conducted in an attempt to reach its self-imposed goal of 100,000 tests per day, reports the Health Service Journal. Previously, a test would be accounted for once the sample had been processed in a laboratory, but this definition has … Read more
[ad_1] Nursing homes Ireland has expressed concern over a memorandum ordering the rationing of personal protective equipment for infected care homes. Chief Executive Tadhg Daly said how the HSE directive described how orders for essential equipment would be based on the number of confirmed or suspected cases. He said, “Clearly, this is basically EPP rationing, … Read more
[ad_1] 3 A WOMAN who has a family member at the Dublin nursing home, where 11 residents died in two weeks, only found out about the group by reading the newspaper. The HSE revealed today that a nursing home in the capital has seen 11 people die since April 2. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live … Read more
[ad_1] Transmission of coronavirus in a nursing home in Dublin has become widespread in recent days and now affects more than a fifth of the 200 residents, according to an internal memo. There is evidence of coronavirus outbreaks in almost every unit at St Mary’s Hospital in Phoenix Park, which has seen 11 Covid-19-related deaths … Read more
[ad_1] The Health Services Executive (HSE) says it has seen “significant growth” in requests for personal protective equipment (PPE) from homes that are not home. The agency’s director of operations, Anne O’Connor, says there are 335 long-term residential centers reporting a coronavirus outbreak. About 196 of these are in nursing homes, regarding cases between residents … Read more
[ad_1] Almost a third of nursing homes in Ireland have the Covid-19 virus, said the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa). Mary Dunnion, Hiqa’s chief social services inspector, told RTÉ that Morning Ireland staff is a real problem for nursing home providers and that faster tests would be beneficial. According to the Executive of the … Read more