COVID-19 update and press conference – March 1, 2021. (PMO) Increased surveillance of all nursing homes will be a priority for Government in the future. Chief Medical Officer, (CMO) Dr. Kenneth George, gave this assurance this evening during a press conference...
COVID-19 update and press conference – February 17, 2021. (PMO) There are currently 45 persons resident at Barbados’ primary and secondary isolation facilities, where care is being provided for those with COVID-19. This was revealed by Minister of Health and...
COVID-19 update and press conference – February 15, 2021. (PMO) The Ministry of Health and Wellness has been monitoring a number of COVID-19 “hotspots” at elderly care facilities. Health Minister Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic stated this today at the...
(Stock Photo) The Ministry of Health and Wellness is advising relatives or next-of-kin of residents of the Geriatric Hospital, the Elayne Scantlebury Centre, district hospitals and those nursing homes which are part of the Ministry’s Alternative Care of the Elderly...
Private nursing home owners involved in government’s Alternative Care for the Elderly Programme (ACEP), who recently complained that they had not been paid for at least two months, have now received payments up to the end of March. News of this came on Wednesday at a...
