The role of the Indiana National Guard has changed several times throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier in the summer, they helped with testing in communities across the state.
Now they’re helping long term care facilities to slow the spread of COVID-19 within their walls.
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Tonight -- members of the indiana national guard have been deployed to several long term care facilities since the start of november to help battle the spread against covi caleb saylor visited one local l-t-c facility today and is live in fort wayne.caleb... how are the men and women serving able to help these facilities out??
The role of the indiana 3 national guard has changed several times throughout the pandemic.
Earlier in the summer they helped with testing in communities across the e helping they long term care facilities to slow the spread of covid-19 within their walls, with their mission to support facility workers who need to care for patients and residents.
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Nope, never thought i would be doing anything like this.
Role of the indiana national guard during the pandemic has looked different than what guardsmen expected.
Second lieutenant tadeus mawski with the 152nd infantry out of bluffton expect to be overseaing 60 guard members in 19 different facilities, including majestic care jefferson pointe, now his job is to ma e sure staff aren overwhelmed.ould getting those tasks done take away those rns, cnas from taking care of the residents.
Sergeant carlos aguilar out of greenfield has been at majestic care since early november.
He says his job may not involved being deployed overseas like he expected when he enlisted seven years ago, but still important.
Clean and disinfect my area.
I scan anybody that comes in, any visitors or employees.
I take their temperature.
When it comes to covid testing, i hand out their tests and put it awaye or them when they done.
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Majestic care jefferson pointe director paul chaisson says these simple things are a big help to his staff.
Specially some of our admin staff that are having to keep track of people coming in, both coming and been able to do that to free up staff to do other things.
Role of the guard members may be small in some facilities, it a big help in battling covi something big, i never pictured it happening, but when you get the call, you e got to answer it.
?the indiana national guard mission in long term care facilities is expected to last through the end of the year.
In fort wayne, caleb saylor, fox 55
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