{"id":11960,"date":"2020-04-14T16:58:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T20:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=11960"},"modified":"2020-05-25T11:25:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T15:25:34","slug":"four-more-covid-19-deaths-at-anson-place-19-residents-at-the-hagersville-care-facility-have-died-from-the-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/four-more-covid-19-deaths-at-anson-place-19-residents-at-the-hagersville-care-facility-have-died-from-the-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"Four more COVID-19 deaths at Anson Place; 19 residents at the Hagersville care facility have died from the virus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By <\/span>J.P. Antonacci<\/span>Local Journalism Initiative Reporter<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tue., April 14, 2020<\/span><\/span><\/span>timer<\/i>4 min. read<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Four more residents of Anson Place Care Centre have died of COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths at the Hagersville long-term care facility to 19.<\/p>\n

The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit reported that as of Tuesday morning, 73 residents at the 101-bed facility have tested positive, as well as 31 staff who are now in quarantine.<\/p>\n

But Dr. Shanker Nesathurai, Haldimand-Norfolk\u2019s chief medical officer of health, said that thanks to protective measures put in place at the home, residents who aren\u2019t sick are at low risk of contracting the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t have a new case today and we didn\u2019t have a new case yesterday,\u201d Nesathurai said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that\u2019s a positive sign that there\u2019s not a new group of individuals getting sick, which suggests that the interventions that were put in place two weeks ago might be having an effect.\u201d<\/p>\n

The death toll at Anson Place has been rising daily, but Nesathurai said that doesn\u2019t mean the virus is currently spreading within the facility.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe people who are currently sick at Anson Place were exposed two to two-and-a-half weeks ago,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think, regrettably, there\u2019s likely to be more deaths. We are doing everything we can to try to prevent new people from getting ill, but I do also anticipate that the people who are currently ill, some will succumb to COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n

The health unit still isn\u2019t sure how the virus first got into Anson Place.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have that answer today, and I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll have an answer for many weeks. It\u2019s a complicated type of assessment,\u201d Nesathurai said. \u201cBut we are definitely investigating this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nesathurai noted that many residents in long-term care have other health issues that compound the challenge for recovery. \u201cThe bottom line is, COVID-19 is a tough illness to have if you\u2019re in your eighth or ninth decade of life, especially if you have other medical problems,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Executive director Lisa Roth says Anson Place has been working with the health unit, the provincial health ministry, and the regulatory bodies for retirement homes and long-term care facilities to manage the outbreak.<\/p>\n

All residents and staff have now been tested, and every resident is confined to their rooms, including for meals. Residents are checked twice daily for COVID-19 symptoms by staff wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had and continue to have the appropriate PPE supplies needed,\u201d Roth said.<\/p>\n

Employees are also checked twice daily and change into their work clothes at the home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people currently working at Anson Place are only working at Anson Place,\u201d Nesathurai said. \u201cThey\u2019re not doing any other activities, short of buying gasoline to fill up their cars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roth said more nurses and cleaning staff have been brought in, and the facility has upped its cleaning and sanitizing efforts.<\/p>\n

If a staff member who had previously tested positive for COVID-19 subsequently has two separate negative tests, the health unit says they are cleared to go back to work.<\/p>\n

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Although the outbreak at Anson Place accounts for the vast majority of Haldimand-Norfolk\u2019s positive COVID-19 cases, Nesathurai said ventilators \u2014 which mechanically inflate weakened lungs and provide additional oxygen \u2014 have not been used to treat residents there. Instead, a doctor on site arranges for additional oxygen and medication for COVID-19 patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cVentilators would not be provided in a place like Anson Place,\u201d he said, explaining that the potentially life-saving devices are typically reserved for hospital patients.<\/p>\n

The first resident of Anson Place to die of COVID-19 passed away at a Hagersville hospital March 26, but Nesathurai said subsequent residents have died at the care centre.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBecause that\u2019s their preference,\u201d he said. \u201cMany elderly people who are at the end of their life choose not to have extraordinary treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He said should a patient want \u201cmore aggressive or assertive measures\u201d they can be taken to hospital, but otherwise the health unit recommends they stay put and be cared for at the home. \u201cTransferring somebody to spend their last hours in an emergency department, in my estimation, is not compassionate,\u201d Nesathurai said. \u201cIt also provides for an opportunity to spread COVID-19 in the emergency department. That\u2019s always the balancing act.\u201d<\/p>\n

Community members have fastened signs to the Anson Place fence with messages of encouragement for nurses and other staff. Roth said such gestures haven\u2019t gone unnoticed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t say it enough, but myself and the Anson Place team are deeply thankful for all the support and kind words we have received from families of residents and the community as a whole,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHearing from you has kept us strong as we work together to get through this difficult time.\u201d <\/p>\n

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J.P. Antonacci\u2019s reporting is funded by the Canadian government through its Local Journalism Initiative. The funding allows him to report on stories about the regions of Haldimand and Norfolk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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