Front Line at a Nursing Home– an in Person Report

Guest Post by Javelin

I work jointly at a hospital and it’s adjoining Skilled Nursing Facility. The SNF has long term patients occupying 2/3rds of the building and a short term wing which acts as transitional care for hip/knee replacements, falls, cardiac rehab and various NeuroMuscular pathologies ( strokes, Parkinson’s, MS, brain injuries etc.) The building has 132 beds with an average census of 110-120 residents at any given time.

The population of long term residents runs the gamut of post-stroke pts, COPD, CHF, dementia etc to general issues with aging. The average age at this bldg is 80+ with the oldest resident at 101 years of age. The rehab/transitional wing of 30 pts or less are generally younger with many of them ending up their post-rehab as long term residents pending outcomes, family support and functional status/independence.

Our SNF in March issued protocols different than the death-dealer Cuomo. Although we were not allowed to block Covid patients from entering the building, we transformed the wings so that the locked wing for dementia patients with elopement risks was changed into an isolation Covid unit and the dementia patients were moved into the semi-lockdown East wing with “slightly confused” and higher skilled patients reside. From March until the final week of October we had ZERO covid positive patients and just 3 staff ( none caregivers.)

Even without Covid positives our administrator issued an in-room lockdown for all patients. The building is locked down from vendors, visitors and only employees and emergency teams allowed. So for 6+ months these elderly patient’s days consist of 24 hours in rooms 10×20 with 2 patients per room. They transfer from bed in the morning to sit at a table in-room while in their wheelchairs, they watch TV, eat, read, puzzle books, color and then back to bed for 12-16 hours. This has been their “life.”

Our SNF averages 15-20 fatalities per year. This includes palliative care, hospice, care and comfort patients -the general population of long term are in the building to live until they pass. This year from March until October there were 41 deaths of patients, NONE from Covid. It is a vision of human sadness. Alone, bored, increase in bed sores, functional decline, no visitors, no music groups, no families, no weekly services/sermons. Sunday, Tuesday, Friday.. it doesn’t matter or change the routine of isolated drudgery.

The final week of October we had a Patient Zero. Initially sent to the hospital for a suspected UTI secondary to “altered mental status” the patient returned to the SNF two days later and tested positive from her weekly testing. To cut to the chase, she was moved to the Covid wing but her roomate and another patient were positive the following week ( as were two GNA’s.) The 3 positives became 9 the following week. The following week the 9 became 32 and now there are 39. Wings had to be changed because of the Dementia Unit only having 12 beds–now there are 2 Covid wings.

This past week we had our first “covid death.” A 90+ year old patient who was already on hospice passed while also positive with Covid. Now we have had 6 more in the past 3 days with 10 additional patients in very severe condition. Remember, these are VERY old people with 40% of the entire population on continuous O2 through nasal cannula or concentrators. There can be no doubt that Covid ( like flu or a viral pneumonia outbreak) is a very serious multiplier to the co-morbidities that ALL of these people suffer from.

It is worth noting that 12 staff have had positive tests to date and NONE of them were sick beyond headache complaints or reduced taste– most have already returned to work and the post-Covid staff are perfect to treat in the Covid units.

My final observation is this. Covid is a multiplier, especially for serious medical issues. Covid x COPD/CHF = a fight for life. Covid x ZERO co-morbidities = 0 issues. Yes it is real and appears to be quite contagious. However there is no full-proof way to prevent contact; masks, distancing are a joke unless someone is sneezing or coughing covid in your face. We touch door handles, cans and produce, countertops in Walmart, target and grocery stores. Hands are still the #1 spreader of viral agents. If you are young and healthy it appears to be almost better to contract the virus and allow your body’s leukocytes/T cells to build a template to recognize and fight any future strains.

I work in a Covid positive environment. I gown, glove, goggle and mask all day. I wash my hands and change clothes after work before I go anywhere. I have ZERO fear of catching Covid and if I test positive I will enjoy my two weeks of time off to catch up on leaf raking, felling and chopping dead trees and finish turning the vegetable garden– but I guarantee that I won’t be bedridden or incapacitated. I am over 50, no health issue history ( never even had the common cold) I sleep from 11-6 every night and I eat fruit and veggies and take Vitamin C and B complex suppliments.

However as healthy as I am and with virtually no risk of succumbing to Covid, my government has restricted my life and may threaten to restrict my movement, travel, my job in healthcare and even my ability to buy/sell unless I am injected with their RNA altering vaccine when it arrives. I won’t be getting the vaccine so I am already preparing for some major life changes–We have to draw the line somewhere.

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Iska Waran
Iska Waran

“if you are young and healthy it appears almost better to contract the virus…”
There’s no almost about it. Even noted scientists like Francois Balloux are saying that long-lasting herd immunity would be better served if it weren’t brought about solely by vaccine but also by people contracting the virus. Expect such an opinion to be censored in the push for mandated vaccination.

very old white guy
very old white guy

If a vaccine could bring about herd immunity then the seasonal flu should have ceased to exist a long time ago.

musket
musket

Finally reality based truth…….what concept.

Richo
Richo

In addition you should take high-dose Vitamin D. 5,000 I.U. at a minimum.

Auntie Kriest
Auntie Kriest

Empirical knowledge is perfect.

Auntie appreciates a fine reconnaissance report from behind the front lines.

Anonymous
Anonymous

honestly i’m surprised that some super pissed off husband/wife, mother/father, son/daughter etc hasn’t walked up to the front desk one of these locked down facilities with gun in hand and demanded to see their isolated and dying family member that they’ve been kept from for in some cases 9 months now, or heads start getting blown off.

Captain_Obviuos
Captain_Obviuos

I’ve had squirrel before. It’s not that bad.

Living under a bridge might have to be an option soon, though, but I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it?

*drum roll*

Apple
Apple

Deep fried squirrel. Fuckin delicious. Beer batter, hush puppies and green beans.

Steve
Steve

December ends rental and mortgage payment deferment. Millions may soon be homeless because they haven’t been “allowed” to work.
Merry Christmas- your state govenor and mayor’s office

Uncola

Just want to thank you, Javelin, for that information. It is very much appreciated.

javelin
javelin

You are welcome– and just to reiterate, the LOCKDOWN has killed directly/indirectly 41 residents since March.. Covid is a distant second with *6 fatalities.

* The 6 fatalities include five 90+ year olds and 2 were hospice/care and comfort level treatment already but counted as “covid deaths”.

Glock-N-Load
Glock-N-Load

Thanks for your contribution.

MrLiberty
MrLiberty

41 killed by the lockdown (well, let’s be fair, some might have died even without the lockdown), but how many more WISHED they had died given the conditions imposed upon them? I know that my mother never would have survived that situation with her Alzheimer’s.

KaD
KaD

If we don’t draw the line at forced vaccination how many more ‘accidents’ will be release with corresponding vaccines to ‘keep us safe’?

TN Patriot
TN Patriot

Great report, Javelin. I feel sorry for those who are stuck in these homes. They are being treated worse than prisoners and have less freedom. Those with late stage dementia probably are affected the least, but those who have full use of their faculties have to be hit the hardest by the loss of contact with family and more importantly, the loss of human touch. It is no wonder they are dying of their loneliness.

MrLiberty
MrLiberty

Don’t just brush off the dementia folks. They are slaves to routines and the like, and not getting to see their loved ones on a regular basis would be devastating to them. Sure, the folks confined to wheelchairs with little communication skills or perception of reality, but that is a small few in the dementia group. To a certain extent, those who actually can understand might have it better as the situation can be explained to them in a way they might understand. Either way, it all SUCKS.

TN Patriot
TN Patriot

They might be able to understand it, but there is nothing that can replace human interaction, especially a hug from a loved one.

My Mother-in-law was one of those stuck in a wheel chair with little understanding of reality. When I would go see her, the only thing she seemed to enjoy was the gospel music they played on Sunday mornings. I guess it stirred some deep memories in her and to her dying day she always responded to an old gospel song.

ordo ab chao
ordo ab chao

Much appreciated write up, Javelin…

Day 262 for my 92 yr. old mother. Our small town has two main facilities; the one my mother has been in for nearly 3 yrs. now (about half the size as the one you describe), and the other slightly larger one. The medicalodge opened for a few days about a month back, then went straight back to ‘lockdown’ with two positive results for staff. No fatalities or any spread reported at this place.

From one of two online local news sources:

Manor Reports 5 Additional Virus Deaths; County Tallies 195 New Cases In One Week

Plus, I’ve been battling the fear mongering from the local hospital CEO….just pisses me off !

My poor mother sits in her 10×12 solo room doing ‘find a word puzzles’ day after day, after day……….never complains. I know she worries about the “killer virus”, but she only voices concern for the workers having to wear all that ‘stuff’…..

annuit coeptis novus ordo seclorum <——===

She got to see her only grandson thru the window for a bit this week….he drove 6 hrs.

Thanks for the work you do, Javelin !

TN Patriot
TN Patriot

Ordo – You are to be commended for your devotion to your mother. My wife did the same thing when her mother was in the memory care unit. Every day she would go to the home and sit with her, feeding her her lunch and then leave when it was nap time. On Sunday’s at least one of her brothers would come with her & sometimes I would, as well. Her mom did not know me from Adam, but always liked to hold my hand, as she said it was warm.
I saw how hard it was on her to see her mother slowly fading away, but she kept going to see her making sure she was being taken care of.

Chemist46
Chemist46

If anyone doesn’t believe that this covid bullshit is nothing more than a pack of fu*king lies being laid on us by a corrupt government and a complicit main stream media please read this.

http://www.market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=240767

Steve
Steve

…..and should you become symptomatic with Covid a 4 day course of Ivermectin and zinc suggests a 99%+ recovery rate within 5 days.
The BS has got to be stopped. No more lockdown, open business and kids return to schools.
HIT ( herd immunity threshold) was reached months ago.

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