Farmington Presbyterian Manor
JUNE 2020
Charma Gilmer curls and styles Patsy Robinson’s hair.
Peggy Bland, director of nursing, right, with colleague Anna Barton.
Nurses take heroic measures during COVID-19 As we continue to celebrate the Year of the Nurse, there couldn’t be a better time to highlight the challenges the nursing staff is currently facing as they work each day to keep our residents and staff safe and healthy.
“Keeping up with all the changes related to COVID-19 in LTC in itself is challenging but keeping COVID-19 out of the building, out of LTC and keeping residents and staff safe is one of the biggest challenges facing nursing today and one of the biggest challenges of my career,” said Peggy Bland, director of nursing. Peggy and the entire nursing staff are working tirelessly to overcome the challenges of the pandemic and keep us all safe. What keeps them going? COVID - continued on page 2
Pandemic requires enrichment team to adapt and adjust It’s safe to say that COVID-19 has been a major disruption in the life of virtually everyone on the planet. But what do you do when your job revolves around the planning and execution of daily group activities for one of the community’s most vulnerable populations? You just roll with it. “I told my staff, ‘it’s adapt and adjust, adapt and adjust,’” said Carol Winch, director of the life enrichment team. The enrichment team is using the restrictions on group sizes and PANDEMIC - continued on page 2
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