Daughter of man in Burnaby care home with active COVID-19 cases says health protocols not met
Posted August 8, 2020 2:25 pm.
Last Updated August 8, 2020 2:30 pm.
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BURNABY (NEWS 1130) — A woman whose elderly father is living in a B.C. care home with active cases of COVID-19 says the facility isn’t following proper health protocols.
Heather was visiting her father at Burnaby’s George Derby Centre last week and says she’s worried for her father’s health.
“It was like a zoo in there,” she says. “There were so many people, the care patients downstairs just sitting around in wheelchairs all right next to each other.”
Staff also didn’t use a temperature gauge on visitors and didn’t provide anyone with hand sanitizer before they walked into the building, according to Heather.
“My dad just went in there, he was perfectly fine in this other place, it was much better, and when i saw it was not the same at all, not the same quality of care.”
Heather says she didn’t say anything at the moment but when she went home and talked to a friend, it made her realize the number of protocols not followed.
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The George Derby Centre is a “campus of care” which includes an independent living facility and a long-term care home.
The staff member works in the independent living facility, Derby Manor.
