After more than a week with no resident passing away from COVID-19, the administrator of Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon believes the home has “turned a corner.”
“Many of our residents who had previously been ill or tested positive for COVID are now doing much better,” Mary Carr writes in an update to the community on Friday (April 17).
The last death of a Pinecrest resident occurred on Thursday, April 9th. A total of 29 people living at the home have succumbed to COVID-19, devastating their families as well as workers at the home and the entire Bobcaygeon community.
Carr says the home will begin testing residents again for COVID-19 next week and will also begin taking healthy residents for walks on Friday, in accordance with protocols from public health officials.
“This is positive news after a very challenging time,” Carr writes. “We’re not out of the woods yet, but these are very encouraging signs.”
Carr says she will issue no updates over the weekend unless there is new information to report.
