Loss of foreign workers visas leaves seniors’ facility in lurch
Home > Blog > Loss of foreign workers visas leaves seniors’ facility in lurchMany care facilities have sharply cut back staffing levels, a case in point isCovenant Health.
Facilities manage to function until a crisis situation hits such as the Norovirus.
Covenant Health has severely cut back staffing
The Norovirus is not selective and will affect staff as well as patients.Recently during such an outbreak, at a General Hospital 30 patient ward, 9 patients were ill with the virus It was during the supper hour, when a patient fell.
There was one staff person on the floor. When you put undue stress / unreasonable levels of responsibility on hands-on-staff, they break down, they leave.
Facilities manage to function until a crisis situation hits such as the Norovirus.
Covenant Health has severely cut back staffing
The Norovirus is not selective and will affect staff as well as patients.Recently during such an outbreak, at a General Hospital 30 patient ward, 9 patients were ill with the virus It was during the supper hour, when a patient fell.
There was one staff person on the floor. When you put undue stress / unreasonable levels of responsibility on hands-on-staff, they break down, they leave.