The coronavirus is taking an emotional and physical toll on staff in Britain’s nursing homes, who often feel they're toiling on a forgotten front line.
Eighteen of 20 coronavirus-related deaths in Yucaipa were residents of one skilled nursing facility, the county reported Thursday. It is one of the highest death tolls at a single skilled nursing facility in the state.Each death is felt painfully at Wren Hall, a homey, close-knit place bedecked with cheerful signs — “Happiness is not a destination, it is a way of life” — where many residents and staff have lived for years.
“You start to question yourself, I think, as a professional,” he said. “You come in every day and someone is dying every day that you’re here. It’s not normal for that to happen ... in this setting. So we look back and we think, is there anything we could have done?” “The sad part is, I sent one on Friday, and the lady died on the Saturday,” Cornell said. She’s haunted by the thought that the bereaved family will be upset all over again when they get the card.
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