As Covid-19 ravages nursing homes, these dedicated workers put patients first
Nursing home residents account for 17% of the state's Covid-19 fatalities. (Robert Kirkham/News file photo)Nursing home residents account for 17% of the state's Covid-19 fatalities. (Robert Kirkham/News file photo)
By Lou Michel
Published 4:00 a.m. April 28, 2020|Updated 1 hour ago
Nell Robinson could have sat out the Covid-19 pandemic, because she is a breast cancer survivor and may be at greater risk to the virus from her nursing job in an Amherst nursing home.
Brenda Anderson, also a nurse, begins her shifts at a Buffalo nursing home in prayer with fellow workers. They then step into the “red zone” to battle the novel coronavirus.
Patrick McFeely, a Cheektowaga nursing home administrator whose facility has been hard hit by the virus, jumped at the chance to reopen an Orchard Park nursing home as a Covid-19 only facility.
The stories of Robinson, Anderson and McFeely exemplify devotion to the residents, fulfillment of a sense of purpose, and a commitment to their fellow workers.
They are not alone.
Poster Comment:
When I lived in this nursing home here in town, the bastards that worked there stole me blind, including my I.D. I had to write to Chicago for a copy of my birth certificate to prove who I was so I could get new I.D.