*Update* Hair Salon Pricing Changes – Effective August 1, 2021
As of August 1, 2021, the pricing at the hair salons on campus will be the following:
Fire Education Meeting Notes
David Janzen, Building Services & Emergency Response Coordinator, has been educating residents in each independent and assisted living buildings about what to do in case of a fire in their suite, and what to do if they hear fire bells.
We wanted to share the full notes that David went over at each lunch meeting and provide some visual awareness of where their emergency placard is in each building suite type.
MAY 28, 2021 – INDEPENDENT LIVING: PRIMROSE GARDENS & PAVILION – VACCINATION CLINIC JUNE 7TH
COVID-19 UPDATE – INDEPENDENT LIVING: PRIMROSE GARDENS & PAVILION – MAY 28, 2021
This memo with great news about the 2nd vaccine was distributed to residents of Primrose Gardens and Pavilion.
Hello Residents,
We have great news! We have just got the call today that all Primrose and Pavilion residents that need their 2nd dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will have it on MONDAY, JUNE 7th. We will organize a vaccination clinic just like the first dose.
In preparation for the vaccination clinic, we will need to have every consenting resident’s CONSENT FORM filled out and ready to go.
You will have received a 2nd paper with this memo; that is your CONSENT FORM. Please fill out the top “Client Demographics” section, or have a loved one help you. This includes:
- Last name, first name, middle name
- BC Personal Health Number, Date of Birth, Email (if applicable)
- Male or Female, Home Phone Number
We have filled out the address areas for you. You will give verbal consent for your vaccine at the clinic in person. No other areas of the form needed to be completed.
Please bring your completed vaccine consent form to the DINING ROOM of your building on Monday , May 31 or Tuesday, June 1st. Staff will be there to collect. Tuesday, June 1st is the deadline to hand in your consents. If you need help with your consent form, please ask a loved one, or Reception at the number below.
If you have:
- Changed your mind and wish to still get your FIRST VACCINE DOSE
- Do not want to get the 2nd vaccination
- Have already received your 2nd dose through a community booking
Please contact Cheryl Dawes at 604 851 4020 as soon as possible.
We will send out a memo with any further vaccination clinic details closer to clinic date. The clinic will be in the dining rooms of each respective building.
Any questions, please contact Brenda at Reception 604 851 4000
MAY 27, 2021 – INDEPENDENT LIVING APARTMENTS: PAVILION, TERRACE WEST, PRIMROSE GARDENS
COVID UPDATE – INDEPENDENT LIVING – PAVILION, TERRACE WEST, PRIMROSE GARDENS – MAY 27, 2021
Effective immediately, we have ended the Registered Visitor program at Pavilion, Terrace West and Primrose Gardens.
Since March 2020, the Registered Visitor program has successfully provided support to the 250 residents of these apartments during a global pandemic. There have been NO instances of COVID exposure by visitors through this program. This effective program has kept our residents safe from this deadly virus that is most dangerous for those over 80 years old, particularly those with multiple health issues. It is with incredible gratitude that we retire this effective safety support program.
The Independent Living Apartments residents and their visitors will now be expected to follow the BC Restart Plan:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/info/restartRecreation, spiritual and social activities for Independent Living residents will follow this plan as well. As you know, the plan will move forward in four steps under the direction of BC’s public health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry. These steps are dependent on: the percentage of vaccinated individuals over 18 years of age, number of COVID cases, number of hospitalizations.
Residents in these three apartment buildings will be receiving a memo today notifying them of this change.
- The primary change today is that up to 5 people from different households can visit their loved one in their apartment.
- Also, one household at a time (up to 7 people living at the same address) can come to celebrate a birthday.
We expect visitors to continue their vigilance in Infection Control Protocols, including mask-wearing in the building, hand-hygiene and social distancing. Please go directly to and from your loved one’s apartment suite and do not move around the apartment building. At this time, we have not opened the guest suites or guests to join in meals.
We anticipate that the 2nd dose vaccination clinic for Primrose Gardens and Pavilion residents will take place the last week of June. We will keep you posted on this. Terrace West has already had the 2nd dose vaccination clinic as they are in physical proximity to our Assisted Living apartment, Terrace East. If you wish to register your loved one through the BC Vaccination Registration, you may do that as well: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/vaccine/register
It is with gratitude that we thank the individuals who are responsible for the effective Registered Visitor program – thank you to Nik Van Egdom, Brenda Mertke and Leonard Klassen for implementing this plan to keep our residents safe. Thank you to Cheryl Dawes and Sharon Simpson for creating and implementing this program early into the pandemic. We know that there have been many sleepless nights, particularly at the beginning of the pandemic and recently as community prevalence / variants became a concern. We have prayed that COVID would not enter nor spread in our apartment buildings. With the layers of protection, including social distancing, mask-wearing and vaccination practiced throughout our community, we are grateful that we can end this program.
Thank you to God for His protection, to the residents for their endurance and vigilance during this time, to the families for your care and diligence, to the staff for your faithful practices of infection prevention and to the team who made this amazing safety program possible.
We have been waiting for a change that moves us back to “normal” and this is the first step in that direction. It’s a good day for us all! Please continue to be safe!
Please send any words of encouragement or gratitude to the Menno Place team to Sharon.Simpson@Mennoplace.ca. They will be passed along to these amazing staff!
What about Terrace East Assisted Living Apartments? We have not, yet, heard any update in protocols from Fraser Health. We will post them when we are made aware. Until then, we continue with social visits for families. Book your social visit: www.MennoPlaceLife.com
HOW TO HAVE A SAFE OUTDOOR VISIT – THE APARTMENTS
How to have a safe outdoor visit
For the families and residents of Independent Living Apartments (Pavilion, Terrace West and Primrose Gardens) and Assisted Living Apartments (Terrace East)
As we head into the nicer weather months, you will likely be visiting outside with your loved one, your family and friends.
At the Apartments, there are lovely outdoor areas to visit, including patios with tables & chairs outside of each apartment, benches and the Living Waters Garden with the large gazebo.
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Follow Public Health Restrictions – Visitors and residents are required to follow the orders of the Public Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry when having an outdoor gathering. At the time of this writing, the provincial restrictions require British Columbians to have no more than 10 people gathering outdoors. Stick to the same people – don’t gather with several groups of new people. Continue to use COVID-19 layers of protection and maintain physical distancing.
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No Entrance to Buildings– the only visitors who can enter the Menno Place apartment buildings are Registered Visitors (Independent Living) and Social Visitors/Essential Visitors (Assisted Living). If you need to use the washroom while on an outside visit, there are 2 porta-potties available for use. One is at the Living Waters Gazebo (between Terrace East and Primrose Gardens) and the other is at the courtyard gate (near Pavilion).
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Avoid crowding and other visitors. Find a place where your gathering can take place without getting too close to another set of visitors. Keep six feet away from people who aren’t in your bubble/household.
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Have fun! Enjoy your time together. You may want to take a stroll together around the gardens. The flowers are truly magnificent at this time of year! We have a 9-hole putting green and a bocce/lawn bowling green that are also a lot of fun. There are benches located at both of these activities for spectators to enjoy. A great way to keep the young and the young-at-heart happy! Bring your own equipment.
Have a great visit!
We are so thankful for the donations from residents and their families that made our beautiful grounds possible! We are grateful for these generous gifts.
We are so thankful for the donations from residents and their families that made our beautiful grounds possible! We are grateful for these generous gifts.
Donation Information, including dedicating a bench: www.mennoplace.ca/gratitude-legacy/
Current Provincial Restrictions for BC: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/info/restrictions#pho-order
APRIL 28 – TERRACE EAST – Total COVID positive T= 2 NO NEW CASES OF COVID
COVID UPDATE – April 28, 2021 – Terrace East (TE)
NO NEW CASES OF COVID!
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 (0 residents / 0 staff)
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 (0 residents/ 2 staff)
TOTAL NEW SYMPTOMATIC = 0 (0 resident / 0 staff)
SWABBED FOR COVID – 24 residents swabbed for COVID-19 and ALL are negative
We are waiting for staff swab test results to be reported.
Portable Air Conditioners in Menno Apartments
Important Notice regarding new air conditioning units purchased for Menno apartment suites.
APRIL 22 – TERRACE EAST – Total COVID positive = 2
COVID UPDATE – April 22, 2021 – Terrace East (TE)
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 (0 residents / 0 staff)
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 (0 residents/ 2 staff)
TOTAL NEW SYMPTOMATIC = 0 (0 resident / 0 staff)
SWABBED FOR COVID – 24 residents – all results are NEGATIVE – YAY! | 27 staff swabbed – 27/27 NEGATIVE!
We continue to communicate with Public Health. There is expectation that all staff and residents who were originally swabbed for COVID will be re-swabbed on April 25th.
