ARTHUR – Efforts of staff at Arthur’s Caressant Care long-term care home to keep residents safe and healthy are paying off.
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Caressant Care Arthur residents treated to car show
Blast from the past – Residents of Caressant Care Arthur nursing and retirement homes were treated to a car show on Sept. 24. Jim Walton, who organized the event, said there were around 12 autos present that were manufactured between 1930 and modern-day.
Active COVID-19 cases reach level not seen since late January
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Despite COVID-19 testing restrictions across the province, confirmed cases continue to rise in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region.
New beds, upgrades announced for Caressant Care Arthur
ARTHUR – The Arthur Caressant Care long-term home will see 80 of its existing beds upgraded and 48 new beds added as part of the province’s initiative to create 30,000 new beds, and to upgrade another 28,000 within the next six years.
How many outbreaks has public health declared at long-term care facilities, hospitals
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) has declared several COVID-19 outbreaks at health care facilities across the region as of Jan. 18.
Update: 15 COVID-19 outbreaks at hospitals, LTC homes across region
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) has declared 12 COVID-19 outbreaks at health care facilities across the region.
Long-term care homes receive funding
QUEEN’S PARK — Long-term care homes in north Wellington will receive a share of a provincial fund of up to $270 million to increase staffing levels.
Nursing home inspection reports reveal resident injury, verbal abuse
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Ministry of Long-Term Care inspectors issued written notices to a for-profit seniors' care provider operating in Wellington County after resident injured in fall and another verbally abused.
Caressant Care implementing mandatory staff vaccination policy
WOODSTOCK – Caressant Care Nursing and Retirement Homes is joining a group of national seniors’ care providers in implementing a mandatory vaccination policy for staff at the Woodstock-based company’s 25 long-term care and assisted living facilities.
Despite major seniors’ care providers mandating staff vaccinations, policies at local homes remain unchanged
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Canada's biggest seniors' care providers are mandating staff vaccinations, but local providers are keeping policies in line with provincial requirements.
Caressant Care Arthur resumes management of long-term care facility
ARTHUR – North Wellington Health Care (NWHC), which operates hospitals in Mount Forest and Palmerston, took over management of the facility through a voluntary management contract on Jan. 13, during a devastating COVID-19 outbreak at the home.
COVID-19 outbreak declared over at Caressant Care Arthur
ARTHUR – With no active cases among residents or staff, the COVID-19 outbreak at Caressant Care Arthur is finally over. The long-term care outbreak, which infected 57 residents and 63 staff and led to 19 resident deaths, was declared over late in the day on March 2.
Inspection report shows Caressant Care Arthur didn’t cohort residents, staff
ARTHUR – A provincial long-term care home inspection report indicates Caressant Care Arthur failed to separate COVID-positive residents from others and also failed to cohort workers, which “put residents and staff at risk of further transmission” of the virus.
Two more long-term care deaths reported at Caressant Care Arthur
WELLINGTON COUNTY – A COVID-19 outbreak in Caressant Care Arthur's retirement home has been declared over, but another in the facility's long-term care home has grown to 106 cases, including two more deaths.
MPP calls for resources as eight deaths now reported at Caressant Care Arthur
ARTHUR – Public health hasn't reported a new COVID-19 case at Caressant Care Arthur in two days, but there has been a sixth COVID-related death at the facility.