(TOM/B3OTS)
AS WE KNOW--
HOSPITALS OFFER
CARE FOR THE DEAD
AND DYING IN ALL
SITUATIONS.
BUT HOME HEALTH
CARE WORKERS ARE
CARING FOR A
GROWING NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE
DYING AT HOME.
PEOPLE ON THIS NEW
FRONT LINE SAY THEY
DESPERATELY NEED
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
GEAR.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S
REGINA MOBLEY JOINS
US FROM THE
NEWSROOM.
REGINA HELP IS ON
THE WAY BUT MORE IS
NEEDED.
(REGINA)
TOM IT'S NOW AN ALL
TOO FAMILIAR SCENE:
FIRST RESPONDERS IN
FULL PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE GEAR
HELPING COVID-19
PATIENTS AT NURSING
HOMES AND HOSPITALS.
BUT THOSE WHO CARE
FOR THE HOMEBOUND
HAVE LITTLE TO NO P-
P-E.
OFTEN, THE ONLY
THINGS THEY HAVE ARE
RUBBER GLOVES.
(REGINA MOBLEY
REPORTING)
----
PEOPLE ARE
FORGETTING ABOUT
THE HOME HEALTH
CARE WORKERS THEY
ARE GOING INTO
HOMES AND THEY ARE
NOT PROTECTED.
---
SO JUDITH TURNER,
THE OWNER OF
IMMANUEL CARE IN
CHESAPEAKE TURNED
HER CONFERENCE
ROOM INTO A SEWING
ROOM FOR MASK
PRODUCTION.
---
HOW DOES THE LACK
OF PPE AFFECT YOUR
EMPLOYEES WHEN
THEY ARE EXPOSED
AND WHATEVER THEY
ARE EXPOSED TO THEY
TAKE THAT HOME AT
NIGHT? YES IT DOES
AFFECT THEM SOME OF
THEM THEY ARE AFRAID
SOME OF THEM GO TO
OUR CLIENTS, THEY
ARE STILL OUT THEY
ARE STILL GOING
-----
TURNER ALSO TURNED
TO VIRGINIA BEACH
PHILANTHROPIST
SHEVETTE JONES FOR
HELP. JONES AND HER
HUSBAND KEVIN HAVE
MADE AND SHIPPED
MASKS ALL OVER
COUNTRY. IT ALL
STARTED WITH A
SOCIAL MEDIA POST.
----
TO DATE I HAVE SENT
OUT 150. I HAVE SENT
THEM TO TORONTO,
FLORIDA, GEORGIA,
BALTIMORE--
MARYLAND JUST ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY,
JUST SEEMS THERE'S A
LOT OF NEED.
---
SHE ALSO
DISCOVERED A NEED
TO EASE WHAT IS BEING
CALLED EAR
FATIGUE,WHICH
HAPPENS WHEN MASKS
ARE WORN FOR
HOURS.
---
THERE'S A BUTTON I
ATTACH TO A
HEADBAND, YOUR PUT
YOUR EARPIECE ON
AND YOU ATTACH IT TO
THE BUTTON ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
----
JONES SAY THIS IS HER
WAY OF GIVING BACK
TO THE HOME
HEALTHCARE
COMMUNITY.
----
IT MEANS THAT IM
CONNECTED IN THIS
DISCONNECTED TIME
I'M CONNECTED TO THE
OUTSIDE WORLD.
(REGINA)
WHILE THE HOME
HEALTH CARE
EMPLOYEES ARE
GRATEFUL FOR THE
HOME GROWN
SUPPORT--
THEY ARE CALLING ON
POLITICIANS FROM
HAMPTON ROADS TO
WASHINGTON TO HELP
THEM GET THE SAME
PPE THAT'S GIVEN TO
OTHER FIRST
RESPONDERS. IN THE
NEWSROOM REGINA
MOBLEY 10 ON YOUR
SIDE.
