https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/local/most-long-term-care-homes-in-atlantic-canada-kept-covid-out-heres-what-worked-546701/ For Lisa Smith the pandemic started off with a round of bad news. By early March, it was clear that staff at Glen Haven Manor, a 202-bed long-term care facility in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, could not take vacations. The risk of bringing the COVID-19 virus into Glen Haven was simply too great. “To… Read more »
Michele Lowe, managing director of the Nursing Homes of Nova Scotia Association, said new funding has allowed some nursing homes to hire RNs or LPNs focused on infection control. – Eric Wynne Dedicated infection control specialists needed in Nova Scotia long-term care facilities | Local | News | The Chronicle Herald
Care staff look on as supporters banged pots and pans as 2 dozen muscle cars, blared music revved engines in support for caregivers and residents at the Northwood long-term care facility during the Noise for Northwood event in Halifax Sunday May 31, 2020. – Tim Krochak CODE COVID: What the pandemic has taught us about… Read more »
Long-term care is under the microscope and in the spotlight — exactly where those of us in the sector want it and need it to be. For many years, nursing homes, unions and our provincial association have been speaking with one voice, pleading for more investment and changes. Yet we were unheard. The COVID-19 pandemic… Read more »
Chronicle Herald · December 3, 2020 GLEN HAVEN MANOR, NS The onset of the second wave of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia isn’t what anyone would have hoped for, but it’s a harsh reality that long-term care facilities like Glen Haven Manor must deal with. Glen Haven Manor CEO Lisa M. Smith said they will aim… Read more »