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12/08/2021Shelby Kolar Oral History, 2021/12/08
Shelby Kolar is a lifelong Eau Claire resident and Director of Nursing at a large long-term care facility in Eau Claire. In this interview, Shelby discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted her work and discusses how it has affected her family and friends. Shelby responded to my interview request because she felt it was important to share the high impact of COVID-19 on long-term care facilities and the geriatric population she cares for. Shelby highlights the emotional and mental toll of caring for the elderly during the pandemic and provides a deeper look into senior care as a whole. Shelby touches upon how her kids and husband managed the pandemic and the highs and lows of spending so much time together. -
2021-01-26Documents that Explore Vaccine Differences Between States
It shows the differences in vaccines between states which will be valuable in the future. -
2020-06-06Stress in Long-Term Care
An article from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation about stress and overwork in healthcare workers who have been redeployed into long-term care homes -
2020Guiding Principles for Redeployment to Long Term Care
This is the guiding document for the redeployment of healthcare workers to long-term care from the Ontario Hospital Association. These are crucial to understanding how redeployment worked in Ontario. -
2020-04-25Ontario allows redeployment of staff
The Ontarian Government allowed hospitals and long-term care homes to redeploy staff to new roles and duties for the better care of the vulnerable. -
2020-12-10'We need trust': How a COVID-19 vaccine came so quickly
News article that details why the vaccine has come so quickly and assuring Canadians that the vaccine has not been rushed. -
2020-12-07COVID-19 in long-term care: a report from inside
An analysis of the report on long term care homes in Canada. The author explains the findings of a commission to understand what went wrong in the administration of the homes. -
2020-08-10Wildfires in California and Unprepared Care Homes
Emergency preparedness for California after care homes is lacking in the face of increasingly devastating wildfires, causing pain, trauma, and loss of life for the state's elderly citizens.