Sienna Senior Living : Filling an essential role while staying connected
April 05, 2021 at 03:24 pm EDT
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Filling an essential role while staying connected
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There are more than 3.3 million caregivers in Ontario who play a critical role in the delivery of physical, emotional or spiritual support to a family member or friend - Tami Calvert, is one of those special people. Tami's father is a resident at Rockcliffe Care Community in Scarborough. During the first wave of the pandemic, Tami said, 'knowing he was in such good hands was a relief.'
When visitation in long-term care opened to registered, essential caregivers, Tami took that opportunity to be there for her father and provide additional support. In order to ensure the safety of residents and the team, essential caregivers are required to be fully educated on the proper use of personal protective equipment, be tested regularly, and limit their movement within the long-term care community.
'To be able to visit him as an essential caregiver is absolutely wonderful,' said Tami.
As an essential caregiver, Tami was part of one of the priority groups to receive the vaccine in Ontario. When asked about getting the vaccine, she said, 'I know it's a personal decision but, the more people who get vaccinated, the sooner we can reunite with our loved ones and bounce back from this pandemic… I'm so grateful to have received the vaccine. It has given me hope for the future.'
Like all essential caregivers who have family and friends in long-term care, Tami looks forward to the day when she can be together with all her loved ones again, and hopes all Canadians will play their part by rolling up their sleeves when the time comes.
Tags:Rockcliffe Care Community, Long-Term Care
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Sienna Senior Living Inc. is a Canada-based seniors' living provider. The Company serves the continuum of independent living (IL), independent supportive living (ISL), assisted living (AL), memory care and long-term care (LTC) through the ownership and operation of seniors' living residences in the Provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario. It offers a full range of seniorsâ living options, including independent living and assisted living under its Aspira retirement brand, long-term care, and specialized programs and services. It owns and operates a total of 81 seniors' living residences: 39 retirement residences, including its joint venture interest in 12 residences in Ontario and Saskatchewan; 34 LTC residences; and eight seniors' living residences providing both private-pay IL and AL and funded LTC, including its joint ownership in two residences in British Columbia. It also offers management services to 11 seniors' living residences in British Columbia and Ontario.