August 26, 2022

Good evening,

We hope all our family and friends are doing well and staying safe in the community. It has been a while since our last update, but we felt it necessary to take some additional precautions this week with regard to Covid-19. Over the last couple of weeks, we have had several staff and Residents test positive for Covid-19. Because of this, we have made the decision not to have any large gatherings in the Home. We have cancelled our dining room meal services, inside activities, in-person mass and closed the Therapy gym. Our Resident meals will be delivered to their rooms. Our activities are taking place outside on the patio. We are thankful that the last couple days have been beautiful. Mass can be viewed daily from the Resident’s rooms, and therapy and restorative nursing are taking place on the Resident floors.

All employees that test positive are removed from the schedule and we determine when they may return based on the CMS guidelines for nursing homes. When a Resident tests positive they remain in their room and are placed in isolation. Caregivers may enter to perform all daily care while wearing full Personal Protective Equipment. The Resident may be eligible to come out of isolation if they test negative on day 7 and their symptoms are improving. If they continue to test positive on day 7, they may come out of isolation on day 11 if symptoms are improving.

We are not limiting visitation at this time. Visitors are welcome during regular visiting hours for all Residents. For those Residents who are Covid positive we ask that visitors wear full PPE into the room while visiting for the safety of the visitors.

We continue to use strict infection control practices to help stop the spread of the virus but felt it necessary at this time to also limit the gatherings in the Home. We hope you understand and support these decisions, and hope that we can lift the restrictions soon.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at your convenience.

Sincerely,
Mother Marie Edward & Jenny Nijak, Administrator

Previous Updates:
October 15, 2021
August 24, 2021
August 20, 2021
August 13, 2021
June 23, 2021
June 15, 2021
May 6, 2021
April 27, 2021
April 8, 2021
March 12, 2021
March 1, 2021
February 19, 2021
February 3, 2021
January 15, 2021
January 8, 2021
2020 Update letters

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