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Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 29 Apr 2020     Residents living in long-term care homes shared their experience while living under COVID-19 lockdown left a physical wedge between loved ones, restricting visitor access for residents' safety.

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 28 Dec 2021     Earlier in December, the government implemented policies in long-term care homes designed to optimize safety for residents and staff, including the requirement that all general visitors need to be fu

    In order to provide the highest level of protection to residents, Victoria Manor in Lindsay implemented limited visiting to the home as directed by the Government of Ontario. Essential visitors were

    Residents at Victoria Manor were able to book online video chats with their loved ones by working with Life Enrichment team members. Video calls through Facebook Messenger or Facetime were set up so

Ferguson, Rob, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 5 Jun 2020     Shattered by the first deadly wave of COVID-19 and having lost frightened staff by the thousands, the nursing home industry girded for a second wave and warned that the Ontario government was not pre

Ferguson, Rob, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 13 Jun 2020     Visits resumed at nursing and retirement homes in Ontario - with strict conditions - in time for Father's Day.

Ferguson, Rob, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 15 Jun 2020     More COVID-19 outbreaks hit nursing homes over the weekend ever as the virus loosens its grip elsewhere, with Ontario taking another step toward collecting data by race.

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 11 Feb 2021     ES-Another resident of Caressant Care on McLaughlin Road in Lindsay has died of Coronavirus bringing the death toll to 14 residents.

Ferguson, Rob, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 4 Jan 2021     Ontario's commission into the increasingly deadly toll of COVID-19 in nursing homes went public with its frustration at Premier Doug Ford's government for failing to provide requested documents on me

Lindsay Advocate, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 1 Feb 2021     Hosted by the local Long-Term Care Coalition, 50 residents unanimously passed a Declaration to Fix Long-Term Care from communities across the area at a virtual town hall held the week prior.

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 10 Feb 2021     Two more deaths were reported at Caressant Care McLaughlin Road Nursing Home in Lindsay on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. A total of 23 active resident cases and a dozen more staff cases were also rep

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 9 Feb 2021     S-Staff and residents at Kawartha Lakes Victoria Manor Long Term Care (LTC) facility in Lindsay were extremely happy to receive their first round of covid-19 vaccines over this past weekend.

LaMontagne, Patrick, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 11 Jun 2020     The local newspaper published a controversial commentary cartoon that was drawn in response to the COVID-19 deaths that struck nursing homes and long-term care facilities in Canada, notably in Ontari

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 24 Jan 2021     The local health unit declared a coronavirus outbreak at Caressant Care Retirement Home at 240 Mary Street West in Lindsay. The number of cases at the facility was unclear.

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 4 Feb 2021     Officials at Caressant Care on McLaughlin Road in Lindsay said they tested for the coronavirus variant at the facility and all came back negative so far. The variant was said to be more contagious th

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 3 Nov 2021     In alignment with provincial directives, Ross Memorial Hospital employees and contract staff who did not submit proof of full vaccination or an acceptable medical exemption by November 1st were to be

411 Staff, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 31 Jan 2021     Pam Smith lost her parents to Coronavirus last spring. Jean and Ted Pollock were long time residents of Bobcaygeon and very involved in the community. Ted was a Pinecrest resident and Jean visited hi

Hyatt, Sarah, Northumberland News (Cobourg, ON), 27 Jan 2021     Vaccinations began today at three long-term care homes in the Haliburton Kawartha Lakes Pine Ridge Health Unit's district.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 27 Jan 2021, p. 4     Residents of Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, which was first devastated by a coronavirus outbreak in spring 2020, were the first in Kawartha Lakes to receive the COVID-19 vaccine today.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 9 Feb 2021     The war was far from over, but staff at Caressant Care McLaughlin Road Nursing Home were glad to finally be winning some battles against COVID-19.