OCA - Oceania Group - retirement villages

[Blue Skies]

No, I think all Health Care workers should be vaccinated, hardly a new concept. At present they need Hep B Smallpox

That is a very good point & sets an important precedent.

[justakiwi]

If one is working in a hospital perhaps, but not everywhere. As a caregiver for a non-for profit organisation, there was no requirement whatsoever for me to have any specific vaccinations, when I started in my role. I don't recall even being asked about my vaccination status. I have had neither of those vaccinations.

No, I think all Health Care workers should be vaccinated, hardly a new concept. At present they need Hep B Smallpox

[FatTed]

Was thinking of the hospital setting, good thing everyone else had smallpox vaccination. so that it became eradicated 1979

[Ggcc]

From what I heard caregivers at Oceania in Hawkes Bay are being told to wear full PPE gear if they are unvaccinated. They don't have to if they are fully vaccinated. Not too sure that is a great policy, as both can infect the patient. I am guessing they are making it difficult for those that choose to not get vaccinated.

[Beagle]

Would you want existing unvaccinated employees looking after your elderly parents though?
Something exercising the minds of many employers but esp companies like OCA right now.
Imagine the fury if an employee who refused vaccination introduced Covid into a Retirement village/ Aged Care, resulting in deaths.

Exactly. RYM looking to make vaccination mandatory. I think OCA should follow suit.

[Ggcc]

Exactly. RYM looking to make vaccination mandatory. I think OCA should follow suit.

Unless the borders open up to caregivers, rest homes are all massively understaffed. Lots of young ones I speak to don’t want the vaccine and will leave if forced to get one. Some young ones just don’t like being told what to, even if it’s good for them.

[Beagle]

Unless the borders open up to caregivers, rest homes are all massively understaffed. Lots of young ones I speak to don’t want the vaccine and will leave if forced to get one. Some young ones just don’t like being told what to, even if it’s good for them.

Sounds just like my wife lol. I don't have the answer but the question is why should OCA bear the ongoing cost of full PPE gear for those that don't want to be vaccinated ?
I can easily foresee the day where unvaccinated people are treated like second class high risk citizens. Entry to all sorts of venues will be off limits and they will find it hard to get employment in any role that involves front line service to the public. Their choice but there will be consequences that flow from that choice.

[FatTed]

In a population that is 90% vaccinated the unvaccinated will become the vulnerable population and gradually die off.

[winner69]

In a population that is 90% vaccinated the unvaccinated will become the vulnerable population and gradually die off.

Hope they vaccinate most of the kids then

[Rawz]

In a population that is 90% vaccinated the unvaccinated will become the vulnerable population and gradually die off.

That’s how life works. The smart strong genes pass on while the dumb genes die away 😃