Committee for Labor, Employment and Social Protection: Employees of five boarding houses in the Vitebsk region have switched to the shift method of work
Employees and technical staff of these social institutions work in shifts for two weeks, live in designated rooms, and then spend two weeks at home. "We plan to transfer another 6 nursing homes with a smaller number of residents to the same regime from November 15 to 18," said Vera Astapenko.
Disinfection has been carried out in the buildings of the nursing homes, and each employee and resident has been provided with personal protective equipment (PPE).
The staff are vaccinated against influenza. Employees provide themselves with PPE: they sew protective masks and gowns from spunbond. "Throughout the entire period since the beginning of the pandemic, not a single case of COVID-19 infection, or even ARVI, has been registered in the nursing homes," emphasized Vera Astapenko.
Apart from the special regime in institutions for round-the-clock stay of the elderly and disabled, there have been no significant changes in the work of organizations and institutions in the social protection sphere. Assistance to those in need is provided in the same standard mode as during the first wave of coronavirus. Social workers visit their wards at home, fulfill their orders, and help with household chores. Each social worker has medical masks and gloves. Upon request, masks and disinfectants are provided to citizens: social protection institutions have a supply for 3 months.
Taking into account the epidemiological situation, some working conditions of territorial centers for social services are changing. Day care departments for the elderly and disabled are transferring club activities to an online format whenever possible or organizing classes remotely.
Delivery of groceries for the elderly, lonely, and those living alone is organized in the same way as during the previous wave of COVID-19. In October, 864 requests were fulfilled in the Vitebsk region. Employees of social institutions are assisted by representatives of the Red Cross.
Cross, BRSM, trade workers and concerned citizens. In total, more than 12.1 thousand applications from the public were fulfilled in January-October.