{"id":26485,"date":"2020-05-07T18:01:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T22:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=26485"},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:31:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T22:31:11","slug":"eleven-residents-lost-to-covid-19-as-long-term-care-outbreak-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/eleven-residents-lost-to-covid-19-as-long-term-care-outbreak-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleven residents lost to COVID-19 as long-term care outbreak continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eleven Aurora residents have now lost their lives as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aurora crossed this grim milestone into the double digits\nlast Thursday as an institutional outbreak continues at Chartwell Aurora\n(formerly Resthaven).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Thursday afternoon, Chartwell Aurora has experienced a total of 51 confirmed cases, 42 of which are among residents and 9 health care workers. Of these 42 residential cases, 9 individuals have died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 additional individuals from Aurora have also died as a\nresult of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chartwell Aurora is, thus far, the only institutional outbreak reported within Aurora. Region wide, 39 outbreaks had been reported in long-term care and other community care settings by May 5, six of which have been marked closed. 435 residents and patients have tested positive for the virus (with 89 deaths), while 357 cases are among healthcare workers, with one fatality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As numbers in long-term care homes across the province grow,\nthe Province has instituted new emergency orders related to the management of\nhealth care resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, a temporary emergency order was issued to\naddress the immediate need of Ontario\u2019s hospital and healthcare workers to help\nthem manage \u201ccritical health care human resources\u201d during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These measures include giving hospitals the authority and\nflexibility to quickly appoint, reappoint and grant privileges to medical and\nother professional staff to address potential surges; authorize coroners,\nregistered nurses appointed as coroner investigators and public health units,\nto access the provincial electronic health record to reduce demands on\nclinicians\u2019 time related to death investigations while, at the same time,\nreducing exposure to COVID-19-related death investigations; and allow\nregistered nurses appointed as coroner investigators to complete medical\ncertificates of death instead of a physician or nurse practitioner \u201cgiving\nthese medical professionals more time to focus on patient care and helping to\nensure that medical certificates of death\u201d are being completed in a timely\nmanner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stress many are experiencing as a result of the\nCOVID-19 pandemic was also recognized by the Province \u2013 including\nNewmarket-Aurora MPP Christine Elliott \u2013 to mark Mental Health Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“During this unprecedented time in Ontario, many\npeople are facing great challenges as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. During\nMental Health Week this year, we are dedicated to raising awareness around an\nissue that affects over one million Ontarians each year,\u201d said Minister of\nHealth Christine Elliott, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services Todd\nSmith, and other MPPs in a joint statement. \u201cOur government recognizes many\nOntarians are experiencing increased anxiety because of COVID-19 and are\nworried about their health, the health of their family and friends, and the\nfuture of their livelihoods and are feeling anxious in physical isolation. We\nwant to help those who need support and have taken immediate action to ensure\neveryone can access the high-quality care they expect and deserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know maintaining physical distancing can be stressful\nfor many people across the province. Just as it is critical that Ontarians heed\nthe advice of our public health experts to stay at home and maintain safe\nphysical distancing, it is critical that we continue providing everyone with\nthe supports they need to stay both physically and mentally healthy. Ontario’s\ncommunity mental health and addictions sector is working hard every single day\nto continue delivering services to people in need. We thank them all for their\nefforts and we will continue working collaboratively with them to identify\nfurther opportunities for investments to ensure all Ontarians have access to\nsupports.\u201d<\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eleven Aurora residents have now lost their lives as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Aurora crossed this grim milestone into the double digits last Thursday as an institutional outbreak continues at Chartwell Aurora (formerly Resthaven). As of Thursday afternoon, Chartwell Aurora has experienced a total of 51 confirmed cases, 42 of which are among […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-6Tb","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-25 06:56:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}