‘They’re like tinder boxes’: Study looks at protecting personal support workers in long-term-care homes
By Megan Ogilvie and Wendy Gillis
Dr. Samir Sinha, director of geriatrics at Sinai Health System and the University Health Network, said the research highlights the importance of measures such as the recent ban on working in multiple homes. He noted similar steps need be taken to reduce the spread of the virus in Ontario’s retirement homes, where the impact of COVID-19 has not yet been effectively measured.
“This is what we need to be doing because these homes are so vulnerable, and they’re like tinder boxes,” Sinha said. “If we’re not doing all the things we need to do to try and prevent and manage COVID-19 well, you can imagine that this can spread like wildfire.”