The owner of a Connecticut nursing home offered staff large bonuses to move into RVs he rented and placed on site. They would quarantine with their patients. Two months later, there have been no COVID-19 infections at the facility. hereandnow
Belanger says he knew he had to act quickly once he saw the “nightmare” unfolding at Life Care Center of Kirkland in Washington state. The news of multiple infections and deaths there served as “an alert all across the country” to start planning preventative measures against the spread of COVID-19.
Next, a checkpoint was put in place to screen all staff members for the coronavirus before they reported for work. That became difficult, though, as more information became available about asymptomatic cases, he says.An RV sits outside Shady Oaks Assisted Living. Asking his staff to work exhausting hours away from home and loved ones for two months is no small feat, he says. But he says the center feels good about their decision to “bubble up.”
Although his financial situation looks bleak, he says saving patients’ and caregivers’ lives was the biggest priority. Although he says he’s still a couple hundred thousand dollars short from the extra expenses of RVs and pay bonuses, he has “no regrets” for doing all he could to save lives within Shady Oaks Assisted Living.The upside is being a part of a movement “to show that it can be done by bubbling up and all working together as a close team and protecting our elderly,” she says.
That might sound like a hefty price tag, but he says nursing homes would end up paying “quite a bit anyways” in hazard pay, human costs of suffering and personal protective equipment if the coronavirus ravages through an assisted living center. There are additional costs if a patient has to go from a nursing home to a hospital and if a ventilator is needed.
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