Four more COVID-19 deaths reported, Roaring River Health & Rehab cases at 107
October 28, 2020
Sheila Harris
Monday, the Barry County Health Department and Office of Emergency Management announced four more COVID-19 related deaths in Barry County, bringing the total number of deaths to 13.
Sixty-eight-year-old Debbie Periman, a resident at Roaring River Health & Rehab in Cassville since 2017, was one of the victims. She died Friday, October 23, two days after her photo was featured on the front cover of the October 21 issue of The Barry County Advertiser. Saturday, October 17, was the last day Rosie Roberts, of Cassville, saw her mother alive. Then, she was only able to wave at her through the glass door of the residential care facility. “I didn’t get to hug her and kiss her one last time,” Roberts said. “She died alone.”
According to Roberts, Periman had underlying health conditions, including diabetes, congestive heart failure and hypertension. “She kind of gave up on life when my dad died in 2013,” Roberts said. “She quit taking her medications and her health deteriorated to the point that no one was able to take care of her, because my brother and sister and I all have to work full-time.” Periman became a resident of Roaring River Health & Rehab in 2017.
Roberts, who has not been able to be physically near her mother since March of this year, said she was told on Friday, October 16, that her mother had tested positive for COVID-19. On October 17, she was told by nurses at Roaring River Health & Rehab, that Periman had become unresponsive and an ambulance had been called to transfer her to a hospital. However, after their arrival, ambulance personnel were turned away after being told that Periman had become responsive again. She died six days later. “My mother was an amazing grandmother to twelve grandchildren,” Roberts said. “We all loved her and she is going to be greatly missed.”
In addition to the loss of Periman, the health department reported the death of another female, 81, and a male, 85. Both were residents of a congregate care facility and had underlying health conditions. The death of a 78-year-old female, who lived independently, was also reported by the health department. She, too, had underlying health conditions. According to David Compton, director of the Barry County Office of Emergency Management, Roaring River Health & Rehab reports a total of 107 cases of COVID-19 among residents and staff in the October 28 situational update.
The same report shows a total of 1,064 cases of CO-VID-19 in Barry County, according to Compton; of those, 201 are active cases, with patients in isolation; eight people are hospitalized; 600-plus people are in quarantine after being exposed to a positive case; and 13 people have died. Eight hundred, fifth-teen people have recovered.
Monday, the Barry County Health Department and Office of Emergency Management announced four more COVID-19 related deaths in Barry County, bringing the total number of deaths to 13.
Sixty-eight-year-old Debbie Periman, a resident at Roaring River Health & Rehab in Cassville since 2017, was one of the victims. She died Friday, October 23, two days after her photo was featured on the front cover of the October 21 issue of The Barry County Advertiser. Saturday, October 17, was the last day Rosie Roberts, of Cassville, saw her mother alive. Then, she was only able to wave at her through the glass door of the residential care facility. “I didn’t get to hug her and kiss her one last time,” Roberts said. “She died alone.”
According to Roberts, Periman had underlying health conditions, including diabetes, congestive heart failure and hypertension. “She kind of gave up on life when my dad died in 2013,” Roberts said. “She quit taking her medications and her health deteriorated to the point that no one was able to take care of her, because my brother and sister and I all have to work full-time.” Periman became a resident of Roaring River Health & Rehab in 2017.
Roberts, who has not been able to be physically near her mother since March of this year, said she was told on Friday, October 16, that her mother had tested positive for COVID-19. On October 17, she was told by nurses at Roaring River Health & Rehab, that Periman had become unresponsive and an ambulance had been called to transfer her to a hospital. However, after their arrival, ambulance personnel were turned away after being told that Periman had become responsive again. She died six days later. “My mother was an amazing grandmother to twelve grandchildren,” Roberts said. “We all loved her and she is going to be greatly missed.”
In addition to the loss of Periman, the health department reported the death of another female, 81, and a male, 85. Both were residents of a congregate care facility and had underlying health conditions. The death of a 78-year-old female, who lived independently, was also reported by the health department. She, too, had underlying health conditions. According to David Compton, director of the Barry County Office of Emergency Management, Roaring River Health & Rehab reports a total of 107 cases of COVID-19 among residents and staff in the October 28 situational update.
The same report shows a total of 1,064 cases of CO-VID-19 in Barry County, according to Compton; of those, 201 are active cases, with patients in isolation; eight people are hospitalized; 600-plus people are in quarantine after being exposed to a positive case; and 13 people have died. Eight hundred, fifth-teen people have recovered.