Care residents set to receive vaccine
ACARE home is now in line to receive the vaccine within two weeks.
Barley View Care Home, on Market Street, Whitworth has taken extra precautions during lockdown to keep residents safe, and is now set to receive the Covid-19 vaccination.
They suffered a small outbreak of Covid in December, which was contained.
The staff at the care home were due to be vaccinated yesterday.
Resident and mum-ofone, Rita Ibbotson, 88, has lived at Barley View Care Home for 12 months, and is excited to get to the vaccine.
She said: “The vaccine has to be right or they wouldn’t give it to us.
“I feel quite happy about it and glad they’re doing something to prepare us. I am looking forward to being able to go outside in the fresh air.
“I will be able to see my son face to face.
“Time flies and it’s very good here.
“You’re very well looked-after, fed well, and all the girls make sure you’re safe.
“I talk to my son, Phillip, on the phone and I’m quite happy.”
Rita has been content to stay indoors during the lockdown.
She added: “We can’t see anybody but that’s how it’s happened and how things go.
“It’s a dreadful situation that we’re in.
“We just have to grin and bear it. I just accept whatever is going on.”
Head of Care, Jane Williamson, is “very pleased” that the residents will soon be vaccinated against Covid-19.
All Barley View residents except one have opted to have the vaccine.
Jane said: “We’re getting our vaccines within two weeks for our residents and our staff are being vaccinated on Friday. We’re so pleased we’re really pleased that this is the first step to the hopeful 2021 so we can begin to live a normal life.
“It’s a real milestone in moving forward.
“We have invested in a minibus so we can go out on trips. Once lockdown is over we will be going out and about.
“The residents want to go to Blackpool and eat fish and chips on the beach.”