by Lesley Forrester | Jun 26, 2021 | Safety
Quebecers who have been fully vaccinated can go without masks in private indoor settings, the government announced today, as long as the others in the room have also had two shots. The rules for indoor and outdoor gatherings will be further relaxed this coming...
by Lesley Forrester | Mar 16, 2021 | Health, Home Care, Safety, Seniors
Home care clients in Westmount and NDG started receiving their vaccines in their homes on Sunday, March 14. The programme is adminstered through the CIUSS de l’ouest. The various CLSCs are sending nurses around with the Astra Zeneca vaccine and to see them at...
by Lesley Forrester | Feb 25, 2021 | Health, Safety, Seniors
On February 23, 2021, Premier Legault lifted the hearts of Quebecers when he outlined the Covid-19 vaccine schedule. After frustrating delays, large shipments of vaccines have started to arrive. We can finally see the light at the end of this pandemic tunnel. Most...
by Lesley Forrester | Nov 15, 2020 | Health, Safety, Seniors
Montreal is still in the Red Zone and gyms, restaurants and other gathering places remain closed. We have to readjust our lives again. We will not be able to live normally until there is a vaccine, so here are some tips from your Montreal Home Care provider to help...
by Lesley Forrester | Oct 14, 2020 | Health, Safety
Westmount is in the Red Zone again, as we are in the second wave of the pandemic. Our hospitals and ICUs are again at risk of getting overcrowded. Montrealers have been asked to stay at home until October 28. It seems clear that this is going to be our way of life...
by Lesley Forrester | Aug 26, 2020 | Home Care, Safety, Seniors
The other day one of the nurses on our home care team noticed that the client was urinating frequently. She suspected a UTI – something common in the elderly, and performed a urinalysis. She asked me to call the woman’s doctor with the results. There...
