HALIFAX, N.S. — COVID is still around but for practical purposes the public health emergency is over. And that is welcomed news for the Nursing Homes of Nova Scotia Association. Michele Lowe is the group’s Executive Director. And she says it’s good for the residents and the workers, but admits there will still be infection control guidelines for years to come. As she gets set to retire from that role in the Fall, she shares the good, the bad and the lessons learned over the last three years.
So, point of care assessments if there's a suspicious, case or symptoms with a resident, masking would be certainly required. So, they're still working through the nuances of all of that. But, yeah, it continues to be masking when there is a COVID outbreak.Just so I'm clear, there are still some places where it may still be a policy that you have the first and second vaccinations?So, that's the piece that we're working through.
And we are seeing from the provincial and federal government, investments that have continued to be made in long-term care. We're not where we need to be yet. But we certainly are making great progress in building knowledge and capacity and giving, you know, our long-term care facilities, the tools that they need to be able to provide the best care that we possibly can.