'My wife and I have been doing the work of seven people': Close contacts limit PSW availability for London, Ont. man
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It's been a stressful and frustrating holiday season for Jeff Preston.
It's been a stressful and frustrating holiday season for Jeff Preston.
The London, Ont. man with a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy requires around the clock care to function as a human being.
"Going to the washroom, eating, getting food, and help getting rolled over in my sleep," says Preston, an assistant professor of Disability Studies at Western University.
During the holidays, his care team was reduced as people took vacation, and went out of town.
Over the past three days, he's lost half of his available Personal Support Worker (PSW) staff due to close contacts with COVID-19 positive cases.
"So far they've tested negative but we don't know if they're going to turn into a positive,” says Preston.
