The fifth wave of the epidemic is severe. More than half of the elderly homes in Hong Kong have outbreaks of the epidemic, and the nursing staff of the nursing homes are under intense physical and mental stress. There are more than 10 staff in the elderly homes in Kowloon West, all infected, but some people still have to stay in the homes to take care The elderly are like being trapped in a beast fight. As a result, more than 40 friends in the hospital have also been recruited one after another, shouting, "Can you save us?"
A nursing home staff association confirmed that due to the number of workers required by the SWD license, some private security guards have been recruited.
Even if the staff of the elderly home is infected, they must continue to work. The workload of employees who are infected with the epidemic is even more necessary to work overtime.
Chen Zhiyu, chairman of the Elderly Services Association, also pointed out that the current situation in RCHEs is critical. In smaller RCHEs, all the elders and staff have been diagnosed, and about 10% of the staff in the industry as a whole have been infected.
In view of manpower shortage, the current elderly care process must also be simplified.
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SWD urgently hires 1,000 Mainland temporary care workers to come to Hong Kong for rescue
The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Law Chi-kwong, announced on his blog on Sunday (27th) that as the manpower pressure of institutions is on the verge of collapse, the SWD will urgently employ 1,000 temporary contract care workers in the Mainland on a trial basis for a period of three months. , the Hong Kong government has sought assistance from the central government, coordinated with relevant mainland departments to provide convenience, and accelerated the approval of applications. It is expected that the first batch of rescue soldiers should be able to arrive in Hong Kong in a short time, and they will receive basic training first.
A female staff member of the nursing home walked out the door earlier and cried and complained that she had been trapped in the nursing home for 5 days, and she was not allowed to leave and no one sent meals. "We are left with 10 degrees to die!" to quarantine.
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About 60 caregivers and residents of an elderly home are all infected with the epidemic, and they are on the verge of collapse.
In the fifth wave of the epidemic, there are currently 530 confirmed cases in residential care homes for the elderly or the disabled, involving more than 800 staff and 2,450 residents.
Frontline staff of an elderly home in Kowloon West revealed to Hong Kong 01 that since early February, more than 10 colleagues in the hospital have been infected with the virus. ".
She said that apart from about 10 colleagues who contracted the virus earlier and had been sent to the hospital or arranged to be quarantined, the rest of the colleagues are still sticking to their posts, but their body and mind have also collapsed, and more than 40 hospitals have also been diagnosed. My co-worker told me that I was sick, and that there were not enough medicines for colds and colds in the home. I had to rely on my colleagues (who had recovered from the infection earlier) to send me to the hospital. Severe cases are sent back to the trapped beast fight.”
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In order to reach the number of confirmed employees to continue to work, the union denounces the policy as killing the elderly
The above cases may not be the tip of the iceberg. Zheng Qingfa, the volunteer secretary of the Federation of Community and Residential Care Workers Union, said that he had received reports from some institutions that more than 30% of the staff were infected with the virus. It must be increased, there is no plan, only everyone can do it.” The batch of institutions had to reduce their daily work procedures: “I shower once every two days, and the main work is to return to feeding and changing diapers.”
Reduce the process, the elderly take a shower every two days
Zheng Qingfa also pointed out that due to the SWD's requirements for the number of workers in private institutions, if they do not meet the requirements, they may face "pinning".
Therefore, I know that some private institutions require confirmed employees to continue to work. "People who are infected must continue to return to work. Everyone feels so frustrated!" , waiving requirements such as the number of workers, allowing confirmed employees to rest at home.
Chen Zhiyu, chairman of the Elderly Services Association, pointed out that the crisis of shortage of elderly people in residential homes is imminent. Mainland caregivers and foreign workers who have relaxed their importation must arrive in Hong Kong within two weeks to provide support.
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The industry says about 10% of the frontline are infected with the virus
Chen Zhiyu said that he knew that the worst case of the epidemic was the case of all the residents and staff of the hospital, which was a smaller scale, and about 10% of the staff in the industry as a whole were infected.
In response to the shortage of manpower, the current elderly care process needs to be simplified. For example, rehabilitation services have basically stopped, and caregivers have changed to wipe the elderly instead of bathing, and "the number of diaper changes should be reduced."
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