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A sad, but oddly uplifting story in a nation where character has been lacking for too long. I won't ruin the entire story, but it was a simple but caring action to take.
“I said thank you for attending to my mom,” she said. “Are you a PSW or a nurse? He looked around and said ‘No, I’m just the maintenance guy.’
“I said ‘No sir, you are not just the maintenance guy, you are a saint for your kindness.’”
Family thanks maintenance employee for comforting dying mother in long term care facility
On April 6, Margaret Roper found out her 93-year-old mother, Iris Roper, was diagnosed with COVID-19.
Iris was a resident of the Chartwell Ballycliffe Long Term Care Residence in Ajax, Ontario. On April 12, the care facility announced four residents had died of COVID-19, and another 25 residents and staff had confirmed cases.
Margaret and the rest of her family were unable to see Iris — Ballycliffe was closed to visitors since mid-March — and the facility’s nurses and personal support workers were too busy to use their phones to allow the family to do video chats.
“I know they were pretty stressed with the pandemic,” Margaret Roper told the National Post.
Iris Roper, 93, passed away on April 20, 2020.
“I said thank you for attending to my mom,” she said. “Are you a PSW or a nurse? He looked around and said ‘No, I’m just the maintenance guy.’
“I said ‘No sir, you are not just the maintenance guy, you are a saint for your kindness.’”
Family thanks maintenance employee for comforting dying mother in long term care facility
On April 6, Margaret Roper found out her 93-year-old mother, Iris Roper, was diagnosed with COVID-19.
Iris was a resident of the Chartwell Ballycliffe Long Term Care Residence in Ajax, Ontario. On April 12, the care facility announced four residents had died of COVID-19, and another 25 residents and staff had confirmed cases.
Margaret and the rest of her family were unable to see Iris — Ballycliffe was closed to visitors since mid-March — and the facility’s nurses and personal support workers were too busy to use their phones to allow the family to do video chats.
“I know they were pretty stressed with the pandemic,” Margaret Roper told the National Post.
Iris Roper, 93, passed away on April 20, 2020.
