{"id":26523,"date":"2020-05-14T18:26:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T22:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=26523"},"modified":"2020-05-21T14:50:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T18:50:05","slug":"they-need-to-know-they-are-supported-and-not-forgotten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/they-need-to-know-they-are-supported-and-not-forgotten\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThey need to know they are supported and not forgotten\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As Patricia Anne Peterson battled pneumonia in the last\ndays of her life at the end of April, the nurses and staff did everything they\ncould to make sure somebody was always with her. As a resident of long-term\ncare, being there during the COVID-19 crisis was easier said than done for her\nchildren and grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Peterson was a resident of Chartwell Aurora (formerly\nResthaven) for more than two years battling Alzheimer\u2019s Disease. In her final\nweeks, the residence became the epicentre of Aurora\u2019s fight against COVID-19,\nwith staff working every day to combat the outbreak within its walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was clear to us how hard the staff at Chartwell\nAurora were working while my mum was there and, since then, the circumstances\nare pretty desperate there,\u201d says Ms. Peterson\u2019s son Kyle who, along with\nsisters Kymm and Korri, have started a Go Fund Me campaign in their mother\u2019s\nmemory to benefit the frontline workers who not only cared for their matriarch\nbut continue to care for the more than 200 residents at Chartwell, more than 40\nof whom are presently battling COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe figured this is a good way to honour our mum\u2019s memory\nby giving support to those who supported her,\u201d continues Kyle, who served as\nNewmarket-Aurora\u2019s Member of Parliament from 2015 \u2013 2019. \u201cI think we need to make\nsure they are supported, taken care of and they\u2019re not forgotten. They care\nabout the people more than themselves and that is universal among them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a fundraising goal of $1,000, the campaign aims to\nraise enough to provide staff with \u201cmeals, snacks, treats and masks\u201d and\nanything else that is needed to lend a hand to the \u201cheroes at the frontline of\nthe pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been a difficult period for the Chartwell Aurora\ncommunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Tuesday, the long-term care residence was\naddressing 54 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 43 of which are reported among\nresidents and 11 cases among healthcare workers. By May 12, 11 residents had\nlost their battle with the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aurora-wide, the Region of York reports 43 active cases\nof COVID-19 within the community. Of the 92 total confirmed Aurora cases since\nthe start of the pandemic, 36 cases have resolved and 13 individuals have died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Region classifies 49 cases (53 per cent) as related\nto institutional outbreak, 23 cases (25 per cent) to close contact, 10 cases (11\nper cent) to travel, and 9 cases (10 per cent) to local transmission. At press\ntime, 1 case was presently under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have always been pleased by\nthe level of support our mum received from the staff at Chartwell, but I think\nnow, just the general public is more aware of long-term care and the gap there\nmight have been in our healthcare system,\u201d says Kyle. \u201cThe pandemic has clearly\nshown those gaps in stark relief, so it certainly is something that needs to be\naddressed when all this is said and done. The staff is incredible and their\ncommitment, hard work and all of that has always been evident, evident before\nthis but even more so now. Long-term care shouldn\u2019t be this bottom-of-the-list\npriority when it comes to healthcare in Ontario. I think it needs to be\nelevated to a higher status; especially as the population continues to grow\nolder, it is going to become more and more of an issue, so it will be more of a\npriority than it has been necessarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn behalf of my sisters and\nmyself, from a family member, we want to thank them profusely for the hard work\nI know they do all the time and the dedication they have to all the patients\nthere. We just want to thank them for that and let them know that it doesn\u2019t go\nunnoticed by us or the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To contribute to the Support Chartwell Aurora Frontline Staff campaign, visit https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/thanks-chartwell-aurora-frontline-staff<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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