MONTREAL—Staff at a retirement home east of Montreal are living with their elderly residents to prevent them from being confined to their rooms during Quebec’s COVID−19 lockdown. It’s the second time since the beginning of the pandemic that employees at Manoir Stanstead have locked down with residents. Since Jan. 9, Quebecers have been under tight restrictions that include a nightly provincewide curfew and the closure of all non−essential businesses. Dining rooms at all long−term care homes and private seniors residences are also closed. For Donna Rolfe, closing the dining area and keeping residents locked in their rooms at her facility is unacceptable. Instead, to ensure residents aren’t isolated, she and her colleagues decided to shut themselves in the private care home located about 160 kilometers east of Montreal. “They would have had to stay in their room, and we just don’t think that’s human to just stay in four walls,” …
Quebec Seniors Home Staff Locks Down With Residents for 2nd Time During Pandemic
January 30, 2021
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