{"id":11706,"date":"2020-04-13T19:43:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T23:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=11706"},"modified":"2020-05-25T11:25:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T15:25:37","slug":"long-term-care-home-in-toronto-reports-25-covid-19-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/long-term-care-home-in-toronto-reports-25-covid-19-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-term care home in Toronto reports 25 COVID-19 deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TORONTO —
\n\tA long-term care home in Toronto\u2019s west end says that 25 of its residents have now died of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\n\tEatonville Care Centre, located at Burnhamthorpe Road and The East Mall, confirmed the death toll from the virus at its facility Monday night.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere are now 49 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the home and six test results are pending.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOur residence anticipates reporting an increase in the number of reported positive cases over the coming weeks, as we have symptomatic, but not-yet confirmed COVID-19 residents at this time,\u201d Executive Director Evelyn MacDonald said in a statement. \u201cI want to assure the community that we have taken the same precautions with these residents, as with COVID-19 confirmed residents.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe said the facility is working with public health \u201cto manage this outbreak appropriately.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tToronto Public Health confirmed Monday that they are working with the facility to manage the outbreak.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are aware that Eatonville Long-Term Care Home currently has a COVID-19 outbreak which has included resident deaths,\u201d Toronto Public Health said in a statement. \u201cWe continue to work with them to ensure outbreak control measures are in place at this home.\u00a0 We are actively investigating this COVID-19 outbreak at Eatonville Long-Term Care Home and these tragic deaths, and we will report on facts related to this matter as soon as the investigations are completed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn an update sent out to residents\u2019 families yesterday, Eatonville reported that there were 14 deaths at the facility.<\/p>\n

\n\tMacDonald attributed the sudden jump in deaths to changes in provincial testing criteria.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPublic Health has confirmed that nine residents who had previously passed away due to unknown causes, have now been attributed to COVID-19. This has been reflected in our reported total number of cases, but does not represent new deaths attributed to the virus,\u201d she said in the statement.<\/p>\n

\n\tToronto Public Health noted that \u201cnumbers are constantly changing as situations evolve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tToronto\u2019s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa said earlier Monday that she is \u201cvery concerned\u201d about COVID-19 outbreaks at the city\u2019s long-term care homes.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe noted the \u201cdevastating impact on our parents, our grandparents and our loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs of Monday, there were COVID-19 cases reported at 39 long-term care homes in the city.<\/p>\n

\n\tOntario health officials said Monday that they are considering more stringent rules for long-term care homes, such as restricting health care staff to working only at one facility.<\/p>\n

\n\tFamilies looking for answers<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tFamily members of a number of residents at the home told CP24 Monday that they\u2019re concerned about the communication with the home and that they have questions about how the outbreak is being handled.<\/p>\n

\n\tTerence van Dyke, whose father had been at Eatonville since January, said he awoke Saturday to a number of missed calls from the hospital. When he managed to call back, they told him that his father had been transferred to their care and was in grave condition. He received a call back less than an hour later to tell him that his father had developed pneumonia and a high fever and had passed away.<\/p>\n

\n\tVan Dyke said he found out through the funeral home that his father had tested positive for COVID-19, but he still hasn\u2019t had any communication from Eatonville.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI just need answers,\u201d van Dyke told CP24. \u201cThe manner in which I understood he was sent to the hospital and then subsequently to the funeral home with just a sweatshirt, there just seemed to be a lack of respect for my father, for me, my family. There\u2019s no call at this point, there\u2019s nothing. He\u2019s just \u2018another one\u2019, and I just have a strong issue with that.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m not blaming anybody, I know this is not something anybody can fix overnight. He\u2019s probably a very good candidate for succumbing to the virus, but it\u2019s just the manner in which this all took place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tVan Dyke also questioned why his father wasn\u2019t tested sooner, especially since he\u2019d had a high fever two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther family members also told CP24 that they have concerns around testing.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMy dad last week was having extreme lethargy and an upset stomach, but he had no fever, he didn\u2019t have a cough. My mom doesn\u2019t either,\u201d said Jane Bayly, whose parents have been locked down in their room at Eatonville since mid-March.<\/p>\n

\n\tBayly said she was concerned because her father has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and so she pushed for her parents to be tested, even though the home told her that they\u2019re not receiving enough testing kits to test everyone.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe received the test results for her parents Sunday and they showed that both of them had tested positive.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m just very concerned and I\u2019m not really sure \u2013 since they\u2019ve been completely quarantined for a complete month in their room with no access to any people at all except for the staff with PPE equipment \u2013 how they possibly got the virus,\u201d Bayly said. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tShe said she\u2019s also concerned that the number of cases at the home is being underreported due to insufficient testing.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn her statement, MacDonald thanked residents, families and workers for their part in dealing with the situation.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI want to thank the families of our residents for their patience and understanding,\u201d she said. \u201cThese losses are felt by everyone and I understand that this is an extremely difficult and uncertain time for our community and for their loved ones. With that, I want to thank our front-line staff for their perseverance, dedication and compassionate care.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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