KELOWNA – Five residential care homes in the Okanagan are taking special measures after a flu outbreak earlier this week. According to Interior Health Authority (IHA), some seniors and other residents, who became ill at the facilities, have been isolated in their rooms in an effort to control the spread.
IHA Medical Health Officer Dr. Andrew Larder is hopeful the outbreaks won’t become too severe. The health authority is restricting admissions to the five care homes which have been affected until the outbreak is over, meaning no new residents will be permitted to fill any empty beds at present time.
IHA hasn’t specified the affected care homes, but Larder says diagnoses at three facilities have pinpointed Influenza A.
According to the IHA website, within the last week, there have been outbreaks labeled as Respiratory Infections in Trinity Care Centre; Village By the Station and Westview Place in Penticton; Village at Smith Creek in West Kelowna; and The Gateby in Vernon.
~ With files from Canadian Press
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