APRIL 18 – TERRACE EAST AND TERRACE WEST – Total COVID positive = 2
COVID POSITIVE – April 18, 2021 – Terrace East and Terrace West
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 (0 residents / 2 staff)
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 (0 residents/ 2 staff)
TOTAL NEW SYMPTOMATIC = 4 (2 residents / 2 staff)
SWABBED FOR COVID – 24 residents and all staff
24 residents were swabbed for COVID today. Primary contacts for all residents have been contacted. These 24 residents are on droplet precaution and full PPE (personal protective equipment) is required to enter their suite. This includes gown, gloves, goggles, mask. This does not mean that they have COVID. This is a precaution to prevent spread.
All staff are required to be swabbed for COVID.
All residents in Terrace East and Terrace West are on isolation. No visitors, no leaving their apartment suite. If all is well and this does not spread, this isolation will end at midnight on May 1st. This will change if there COVID spreads.
We are following orders from public health who have gathered all pertinent information to assess the risk of the situation to other staff and residents in both Terrace East and Terrace West.
As you know, we locked down visitation March 16th, 2020 and have now passed the 13 month point since that date. We are pleased with the way that we’ve been able to manage outside visits for Terrace East which has not been possible for other Assisted Living buildings. Thank you for keeping your loved ones safe in these visits. There has been no COVID exposure through these visits. We are pleased with the very successful Registered Visitor program which has allowed all Independent Living residents to have up to 2 Registered Visitors. There has been no COVID exposure through this program. A tribute to the loved ones of our Independent Living residents!
We are MOST pleased with the opening of social visits on April 1, 2021. This was pure joy for our staff to witness the reunions of loved ones. The love expressed between residents and their families/friends was a daily emotional happiness for us. The staff in Terrace East and Terrace West have wept with the news of lockdown, knowing how difficult this will be once again for the residents they love and serve.
We are grateful to the Visitation Hosts who screened 199 visits from April 1 – 14, the first two weeks of social visits. 79% of the Terrace East residents received one or more visits. Many received many more. This open visiting was short-lived, but it will resume one day. For now, we are working in cooperation with Public Health to ensure that COVID does not spread any further.
You will receive daily reports on www.MennoPlaceLife.com and www.Facebook.com/groups/MennoPlace
If you have questions, please address them to Cheryl Dawes, Manager, Community Enrichment, 605.851.4020 – Cheryl.Dawes@MennoPlace.ca
