Japan’s nursing homes reacted swiftly to tighten infection controls, offering lessons on how to limit the pandemic’s blow. healthyaging
“I can’t wait for all of this to be over. The sooner the better,” said Tsukamoto, who moved into a residential care home just outside Tokyo a month ago.
“Japan’s elderly care facilities have taken great care in protecting the elderly, not just from this virus but from norovirus, influenza and other germs,” said Kayoko Hayakawa, an infectious-disease specialist at the National Center for Global Health and Medicine . “Day-to-day precautions were already in place.”
“Because we work in this type of facility every day, we are always aware of the risks of norovirus or influenza, and we became conscious of the impact of coronavirus pretty early on,” said chief caregiver Chihiro Kasuya, speaking in mid-March, when a Washington Post team visited the center.“The very basic principle of elderly care is washing your hands at each step of your work: Take care of someone, wash your hands, do another job, wash your hands. But now it is even more thorough.
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