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Author: Du Jiexin
2020-08-23 10:28
Last update date: 2020-08-23 10:29The Director of the Bureau of Labor and Welfare, Luo Zhiguang, said that unfortunately there are still elderly people in residential care homes recently infected, and all the staff and residents of the hospital must be sent to the designated quarantine center. He also quoted Zhang Zhujun, Director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection There is a case of going out, or a community infection, Luo questioned or there is a gap in the prevention of epidemic in the nursing home.
He pointed out that declining visits or even restricting residents from going out are "draconian laws" that are compelling and have a very negative impact on the mental health of residents. He pointed out that the Social Welfare Department has launched an arrangement within a day to establish a contract. 1,000 temporary jobs for one year, including working in subsidized homes for the elderly operated by non-governmental organizations, assisting in the implementation of technology applications so that the elderly can keep in touch with their families.
Luo Zhiguang Jin (23rd) talked about the anti-epidemic work in homes for the elderly with the topic "Infection and hidden virus transmission in nursing homes." , One of the tasks is to arrange regular virus testing for the staff of the institution. The second round of testing is currently underway. He pointed out that because the nursing home has declined visits, it is the staff who enter and leave the institution. In daily life, it is possible to be infected, so providing virus testing for employees can reduce the risk of the virus spreading in the hospital.
No plans to conduct universal testing for the elderly in residential care homes
As for the failure to carry out universal virus testing for residents, the main reason is that residents have difficulty in going out and the procedures for virus sampling in the homes. To conduct virus sampling for them, more than 60,000 hospitals in Hong Kong The friends brought them to the negative pressure room of the hospital. "It is a very large project." Therefore, there are no plans to conduct universal testing for the elderly living in nursing homes.
Luo Zhiguang said that declining visits, or even restricting residents from going out, are "draconian laws" that are compelling. (Data Picture/Photo by Liang Pengwei)
However, the residents cannot be completely prevented from leaving the homes. Many family members and residents will go out to drink tea on holidays. If the family members are the carriers of the recessive virus, the residents will have the opportunity to bring the virus back to the homes, and the consequences will be dire.
In the recent third wave of the epidemic, many experts advised the elderly to go out as little as possible. Therefore, it is also necessary to advise people with family members living in nursing homes to reduce taking the elderly out if necessary, and to avoid high risk of infection or Places where masks will be removed are like restaurants; the situation is a compelling "draconian law" that has a very negative impact on the mental health of residents.
To alleviate this problem, Luo Zhiguang must make good use of information technology to help the elderly stay in touch with their families and conduct online "gathering"; the Social Welfare Department will launch an arrangement within a day to create about 1,000 temporary jobs for one year. , Including working in subsidized homes operated by non-governmental organizations to assist in the implementation of technology applications so that the elderly can keep in touch with their families.
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