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xrayjodib Asked March 2020

Do we caregivers adhere to the lock down at ALFs?

I live in Montana. Just 3 hours ago they announced we finally have several cases of Covid-19.


My Aunts ALF is in Contra Costa county, Ca. They have been on basically lock down for 5 days.


My Mom's ALF is close to me here in Montana. They went on lockdown this afternoon.


I understand how frustrating it is to think that we can't be there for them. But keep in mind that our elderly population is most at risk for death from this virus. Just like the flu.


The facts are still not clear !!


Even if it turns out to be media frenzy, won't you feel better if you know you did everything in your power to protect your loved ones?


By staying away as we've been asked, your not just protecting your loved ones, but potentially everyone else's loved ones!


 

Ahmijoy Mar 2020
My husband’s facility is also on lockdown, as is most of the country. I accept this and am grateful to them for taking these precautions. Allowing family members to come in to “protect” their loved ones is unreasonable and not safe for the residents. People simply can’t be trusted. The early stages of this virus mimic the symptoms of a simple cold. In a person’s zeal to “be there” for their loved one, they could pass along the virus that, in my husband’s situation, would kill him.

I work in a daycare and currently have at least two children who are, quite frankly, sick in my room. Not wanting to lose a day’s pay and with no consideration for the daycare staff, the parents send them anyway. it’s this sort of behavior that passes along not only the Coronavirus, but other life-threatening illnesses as well.
Mysteryshopper Mar 2020
I've seen the daycare situation play out as well with the sick kids coming in anyway. I knew one daycare administrator who had a parent refusing (stalling) to come pick up a sick kid. Administrator threatened to call 911 and told parent she could meet them at the hosp. I also just had a school secretary tell me about parents who load the kids up with Tylenol in the morning and send them in to school. Around 1 PM the fever comes back (most of the time) and she's calling people to come pick up kids.

And the number of "concerned" people I have seen who do not wear a simple mask correctly continues to astound me. Mask goes over mouth AND nose. Both! Not just over the mouth.

We all need to do whatever we can.
Mysteryshopper Mar 2020
We're all on lockdown in my area as well. I am hopeful that receptionists and other staff members in these places are not being given a hard time. It's not their fault. They are just enforcing the rules - which are in place for a reason. In fact, one facility near me will not even allow a POA to drop off a check at the front desk. They are requesting payments be mailed in.
shad250 Mar 2020
Important staff are usually far away from redidents. Nurses are the ones with close contact

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needtowashhair Mar 2020
THE FACTS ARE CLEAR. They've been clear for months. It's not media frenzy. It's just taken this long for our federal government here in the US to finally accept them. Hopes and prayers do not fight viruses. Action does.

DO NOT endanger your loved ones and the loved ones of others by breaking the lock down. As the famous Seattle case has shown, once it starts in a nursing home it spreads quickly and widely. They are too vulnerable and too crammed together for it not to.

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