Friday, January 8, 2021

Good Afternoon,

I am happy to report to all of you that as of today, we have no Residents in our NEST (Covid Unit). The two recent cases we had have both recovered and returned to their rooms. We continued our testing schedule this week for Residents and staff. On Monday we had one employee test positive for Covid. That employee was already off the schedule for a few days, but will continue to quarantine at home until they are able to return. On Tuesday we tested all Residents, including those on the 5th and 6th floors. All Residents tested negative for Covid-19. On Wednesday we again tested all staff and all tested negative.

While this is positive news, we continue to be cautious and use good infection control procedures. All employees will continue wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including N95 face masks and goggles or face shields while at work. At this time we do not plan to dismantle the Nest, or change it back to a lesser number of beds. It will remain a full 10-room unit until the vaccines take effect, and/or our numbers do not increase.

On another positive note, our Home is scheduled for our second Covid vaccine clinic. CVS will be setting up Monday morning, January 11th in our Home, and will administer the Covid vaccine to all Residents and staff wishing to receive it. Many will receive their second dose of the vaccine, while some will be receiving their first dose. We will have our final vaccine clinic on February 1st to complete the vaccine for those who need it.

Although 18 of our current Residents and 26 staff members have recovered from Covid, they are still able to receive the vaccine on Monday. Currently 95% of our Residents and approximately 60% – 70% of our staff will be receiving the vaccine. We are hopeful that this is one of many steps to bring back some normalcy to our Home. We look forward to the future and hope for less restrictions and more positive experiences for all at our Home.

Thank you again for all your support over the past year, we certainly have appreciated it.

Sincerely,
Mother Marie Edward and Jenny Nijak, Administrator

Previous Updates:
December 31, 2020
December 15, 2020
December 8, 2020
December 2, 2020
November 28, 2020
November 26, 2020
November 20, 2020
November 19, 2020
November 6, 2020
October 30, 2020
October 23, 2020
October 16, 2020
October 10, 2020
October 3, 2020
September 25, 2020
September 11, 2020
September 4, 2020
August 28, 2020
July 31, 2020
July 24, 2020
July 17, 2020
July 12, 2020
July 3, 2020
June 26, 2020
June 19, 2020
June 12, 2020
June 5, 2020
May 29, 2020
May 22, 2020
May 15, 2020
May 1, 2020
April 26, 2020
April 21, 2020
April 14, 2020
April 10, 2020

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