MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – MARCH 18, 2022

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MARCH 18, 2022

Fraser Health Scenarios for Protocols – CLICK HERE 

TERRACE EAST:  MONITORING – Scenario 2 (March 12, 2022)

NO NEW POSITIVE CASES

TOTAL RESIDENTS RECOVERED: 2

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 7 (9 total, 2 recovered)

 

If we continue with no new cases over the weekend then we anticipate being able to reopen the Terrace East dining room early next week.

Protocols:

  • No communal dining. The Terrace East dining room is CLOSED effective suppertime on Tuesday March 15th. All meals will be served to residents in their apartments. Residents will be notified by a memo delivered today (Tuesday).
  • No in-person group activities for Terrace East.
  • No change to social visits. Visits continue. We ask that all visitors are vigilant about screening themselves, completing a rapid test when they enter the building, wear a MEDICAL mask (provided), sanitize hands. Do not enter if you are sick.
  • Cohorting staff to the affected area (building).
  • Twice a day monitoring for all staff and residents
  • Staff must wear masks and goggles in all resident areas.

Terrace East is NOT in lockdown. Residents are still free to leave their apartment, move around the building (with a mask on), go outside, run errands and receive visitors. Please be careful. Residents are asked not to visit with residents who have an isolation cart outside their apartment. (Isolated residents CAN receive outside visitors provided the visitor wears full PPE.) All visitors coming in to the building will take a rapid test, every visit, until this situation has passed.

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HOSPITAL E1:  Monitoring Over! Declared over Mar 18

NO NEW CASES

 

 

 

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HOSPITAL E2: Self Monitoring Over! Declared over Mar 18

NO NEW CASES

 

MEMO: Terrace East Dining Room Closed

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Date:                Tuesday, March 15, 2022
To:                   All Terrace East Residents
Re:                   Dining Room closed until further notice

Dear Residents,

We are sorry to report that there are now 7 COVID positive people in Terrace East – 4 residents and 3 staff. So far all of the symptoms are mild. The staff members are staying home and the residents are isolating in their apartments. This increase in cases means that we have to put some extra measures in place to keep everyone safe.

Here’s what changes starting today:

  1. The Terrace East dining room is closed. Staff will bring your meals to you in your apartment starting with supper on Tuesday night.
  2. All in person recreation activities are cancelled.

We are NOT in lockdown. You are still free to leave your apartment, move around the building (with a mask on), go outside, run errands and receive visitors. Please be careful. Please do not visit with residents who have an isolation cart outside their apartment. All visitors coming in to the building will take a rapid test before they come up to see you.

If you start to feel unwell press your call button and let the care staff know. If you have any questions please call reception 604-851-4004.

MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – MARCH 16, 2022

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MARCH 16, 2022

Fraser Health Scenarios for Protocols – CLICK HERE 

TERRACE EAST:  MONITORING – Scenario 2 (March 12, 2022)

NEW POSITIVE CASES = 2 STAFF / 0 RESIDENT

TOTAL RESIDENTS RECOVERED: 2

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 7 (9 total, 2 recovered)

Protocols:

  • No communal dining. The Terrace East dining room is CLOSED effective suppertime on Tuesday March 15th. All meals will be served to residents in their apartments. Residents will be notified by a memo delivered today (Tuesday).
  • No in-person group activities for Terrace East.
  • No change to social visits. Visits continue. We ask that all visitors are vigilant about screening themselves, completing a rapid test when they enter the building, wear a MEDICAL mask (provided), sanitize hands. Do not enter if you are sick.
  • Cohorting staff to the affected area (building).
  • Twice a day monitoring for all staff and residents
  • Staff must wear masks and goggles in all resident areas.

Terrace East is NOT in lockdown. Residents are still free to leave their apartment, move around the building (with a mask on), go outside, run errands and receive visitors. Please be careful. Residents are asked not to visit with residents who have an isolation cart outside their apartment. (Isolated residents CAN receive outside visitors provided the visitor wears full PPE.) All visitors coming in to the building will take a rapid test, every visit, until this situation has passed.

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HOSPITAL E1:  MONITORING – Scenario 2

NO NEW CASES TODAY

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 (1 staff, 1 resident)

Protocols:
  • Social visits continue
  • Twice a day monitoring for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Staff to cohort to E1
  • Staff to use separate entrance
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HOSPITAL E2: SELF MONITORING – Scenario 1

NO NEW CASES TODAY

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 staff

Protocols:
  • Social visits and essential visits continue
  • Communal dining stays open
  • Group activities continue
  • Twice a day monitoring for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Staff to cohort to Menno Hospital E2
  • Staff to use separate entrance

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MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – MARCH 15, 2022

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MARCH 15, 2022

Fraser Health Scenarios for Protocols – CLICK HERE 

TERRACE EAST:  ENHANCED MONITORING – Scenario 3 (March 12, 2022)

NEW POSITIVE CASES = 2 STAFF / 1 RESIDENT

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 7

Protocols:

  • No communal dining. The Terrace East dining room is CLOSED effective suppertime on Tuesday March 15th. All meals will be served to residents in their apartments. Residents will be notified by a memo delivered today (Tuesday).
  • No in-person group activities for Terrace East.
  • No change to social visits. Visits continue. We ask that all visitors are vigilant about screening themselves, completing a rapid test when they enter the building, wear a MEDICAL mask (provided), sanitize hands. Do not enter if you are sick.
  • Cohorting staff to the affected area (building).
  • Twice a day monitoring for all staff and residents
  • Staff must wear masks and goggles in all resident areas.

Terrace East is NOT in lockdown. Residents are still free to leave their apartment, move around the building (with a mask on), go outside, run errands and receive visitors. Please be careful. Residents are asked not to visit with residents who have an isolation cart outside their apartment. (Isolated residents CAN receive outside visitors provided the visitor wears full PPE.) All visitors coming in to the building will take a rapid test, every visit, until this situation has passed.

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HOSPITAL E1:  MONITORING – Scenario 2

NO NEW CASES TODAY

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 (1 staff, 1 resident)

Protocols:
  • Twice a day monitoring for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Staff to cohort to E1
  • Staff to use separate entrance
  • Social visits may continue
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HOSPITAL E2: SELF MONITORING – Scenario 1

NO NEW CASES TODAY

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 staff

Protocols:
  • Social visits and essential visits continue
  • Communal dining stays open
  • Group activities continue
  • Twice a day monitoring for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Staff to cohort to Menno Hospital E2
  • Staff to use separate entrance

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MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – MARCH 14, 2022

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MARCH 14, 2022

Fraser Health Scenarios for Protocols – CLICK HERE 


HOSPITAL E1: ENCHANCED MONITORING – Scenario 2

NEW POSITIVE CASES = 1 STAFF / 1 RESIDENT (Fri)

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2

Protocols:
  • Twice a day monitoring for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Staff to cohort to E1
  • Staff to use separate entrance
  • Social visits may continue
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HOSPITAL E2: MONITORING – Scenario 1

NEW COVID CASES = 2 STAFF / 0 RESIDENTS

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 staff

Protocols:
  • Social visits and essential visits continue
  • Communal dining stays open
  • Group activities continue
  • Twice a day monitoring for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Staff to cohort to Menno Hospital E1
  • Staff to use separate entrance

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TERRACE EAST:  MONITORING – Scenario 1 (confirmed March 12, 2022)

NO NEW CASES TODAY

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 4

Protocols:

  • Twice daily symptom screening of staff and residents and have a low threshold for testing any symptomatic staff or residents.
  • Symptomatic residents and residents who test positive are to be placed on isolation/droplet precautions.
  • Group activities continue – Terrace East and Terrace West programs separated.
  • Dining room remains open
  • No change to social visits. Visits continue. We ask that all visitors are vigilant about screening themselves, completing a Rapid test when they enter the building, wear a MEDICAL mask (provided), sanitize hands. Do not enter if you are sick.
  • Cohorting staff to the affected area (building).
  • No point prevalence testing of asymptomatic residents or staff

MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – MARCH 12, 2022

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MARCH 12, 2022

Fraser Health Scenarios for Protocols – CLICK HERE

TERRACE EAST:  SELF MONITORING – Scenario 1 (confirmed March 12, 2022)

NO NEW CASES TODAY

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 4

Protocols:

  • Twice daily symptom screening of staff and residents and have a low threshold for testing any symptomatic staff or residents.
  • Symptomatic residents and residents who test positive are to be placed on isolation/droplet precautions.
  • Group activities continue – Terrace East and Terrace West programs separated.
  • Dining room remains open
  • No change to social visits. Visits continue. We ask that all visitors are vigilant about screening themselves, completing a Rapid test when they enter the building, wear a MEDICAL mask (provided), sanitize hands. Do not enter if you are sick.
  • Cohorting staff to the affected area (building).
  • No point prevalence testing of asymptomatic residents or staff
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HOSPITAL E2: MONITORING – Scenario 2 (declared March 10, 2022)

NO NEW CASES TODAY

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff

Protocols:
  • Social visits and essential visits continue
  • Communal dining stays open
  • Group activities continue
  • Twice a day monitoring for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Staff to cohort to Menno Hospital E1
  • Staff to use separate entrance

 

Menno Place Staff Team Appreciation 2022 – Watch the Recording

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Karen Biggs, CEO addresses the Menno Place Team at the online Team Appreciation Event, February 17, 2022

 

 

KAREN BIGGS, CEO – TRANSCRIPTION:

WELCOME Team members, Family members and Board Members to the 9th ANNUAL TEAM MEMBER APPRECIATION TEA.  This year we will be honoring 79 team members who have worked at Menno from 5 to 40 years!  This is an accumulation of 970 years of service!

The last time the Menno Place Team gathered together in-person for this Team Appreciation event was on March 10, 2020. We gathered around the amazing charcuterie boards created by the Dining Team to celebrate together in the Menno Hospital Chapel.

It has been 710 days since that last gathering as a team to celebrate the work that you have done during the most difficult times of service to seniors in any of our lives.

There is a saying in German that was recently shared with a member of the Executive team. It fits what we have experienced in these 710 days… the saying is loosely translated, “the length is the burden”.

In the beginning of the pandemic, you were hailed as heroes for working in the frontline of COVID. Pots were banging and blue hearts cropped up all over our Menno Place campus.

These days, society is disconnected from the continued extraordinary work and pressures faced in senior’s care and people are weary of COVID. There are no more pots banging and no more blue hearts taped to our entrance doors.

Christopher Reeve, the actor who played Superman was tragically injured to become paralyzed from the shoulders down. He said this,

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”

That is you.

You are that hero.

Strength.

Perseverance.

Endurance.

And Obstacles.

You have faced obstacles in these past 710 days that have changed the course of your lives:

  • Fears that have kept you up at night – for yourself, for your families, for your residents and your co-workers
  • Vigilance that has required sacrifices we can hardly bear – like not hugging grandchildren and staying apart from your loved ones
  • Long hours of work
  • Mental strain
  • Grief at the loss of beloved residents
  • Elation when a COVID test came back negative
  • Anger, frustration and complete exhaustion

You have bonded with each other and residents in ways that can never be undone.

As you go through your regular workday in these next days, take a moment to look at each other – to really SEE the others who work beside you.

Tell them, “you are my hero –

I see you and all that you do here –

I’m proud to work beside you.”

Only you – on the frontline know what you’ve really faced together – day in and day out for 710 days.

You are strong together.

You are loving together.

You give more than you ever knew you could give.

You are resilient and you are amazing.

 

How can we possibly fully thank a team as amazing as the Menno Place team?

It’s with our sincerest expression of appreciation.

Today, we thank you.

I speak for the entire Leadership Team when I say,

You are our heroes.

You are the HEART beat of Menno Place.

We are SO proud of who you are and how you have served with honour.

 

Thank you for all you do and all you have done to keep yourselves, our residents, and your co-workers safe.

You are ALL the recipients of our recognition for Service with Excellence.

Thank you.

We see you and we are grateful.

 

Today, we stand at the threshold of hope.

We see the power of vaccination in the lives of our residents and staff.

In spite of the outbreak on Menno Home W2, we can see that the battle with this virus is different with the layers of protection provided by vaccination.

As we look to the future, we stand together knowing that no one can ever take from us the knowledge that we have served with excellence in the face of the unknown, even when “the length is the burden”.

I thank God every day for each and every one of you.

Thank you, Menno Place Team.

We had delicious food trucks on-site for two days to show our appreciation to the amazing Menno Place Team!

Thoughts on COVID at Menno Place

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Some thoughts on COVID at Menno Place:

We are very happy that the number of COVID positives for residents is not growing. This is a huge relief for our leadership, staff and families. We know that this very infectious variant (Omicron) is still bringing about high numbers of hospitalizations and deaths in BC – and that is a very sad situation for so many who are impacted by the virus in this way.
BOOSTERS – We are grateful for the booster shot for our residents and staff members – this is proving to reduce risk of hospitalization by 50% as compared to only 2 shots. We know that this layer of vaccination protection is what is making this wave of COVID at Menno Place a much more manageable situation. We have still struggled with staffing shortages when our staff are off sick and we continue to look for nurses to join out Menno Place team. If you know of any you’d like to refer, please send them to https://www.MennoPlace.ca/careers to apply.
COMMUNITY MEETINGS AT THE APARTMENTS – Because of the high rate of booster shots, we are working to bring back more of our normal life with a focus on the Apartments that does not have the same visitor restrictions at this time. This means that we are working hard to keep the dining rooms open and will be holding Community Meetings for all the apartment buildings for the first time in 2 years! This is an exciting opportunity for residents to share their challenges, hopes and vision for the next stage of the pandemic. We are so pleased to see how many residents remain committed to the additional layer of mask-wearing.
RESIDENT COUNCIL AT HOME AND HOSPITAL – We have also returned to having resident council meetings at the Home and Hospital – a great way for us to hear from residents. This brings us all so much joy to hear their gratitude and ideas for how we can have good times together again as we plan for the future.
VISITING AT HOME AND HOSPITAL There are no changes to the visitation restrictions for Menno Home and Hospital. One essential visitor and one social visitor for each resident (one at a time) at this time. Our Visitation Hosts are happy to greet essential and social visitors and to, screen you and get you safely in to see your loved one. If you are visiting a palliative resident, please come as an essential visitor regardless of your vaccination status. We will outfit you in appropriate PPE to ensure you have this very important time with your loved one. Please arrange this with the nurse on the unit.
GOOD NEWS! There are 2 units off Enhanced Monitoring today – one in Home (E2) and one in Hospital (W2). What good news! Great job by the staff in preventing transmission of COVID among the residents!
MENNO TV – Chaplain John Dyck and Leonard Klassen (Life Enrichment Coordinator) do an amazing job bringing information to the residents of Menno Place each Tuesday and Friday at 11am on Menno TV (channel 10 in apartments, channel 59 in Home/Hospital). It’s really fun to watch them and residents love that they can hear the announcements CLEARLY in their own space. They go to Terrace West to do these announcements in person.
SUNSHINE COMING! We love that there is good weather coming up. This will help to cheer our residents and our staff. The weather has been particularly challenging this year – or is it that we are all just so very tired of COVID?
WORKSHEET DOWNLOAD – GOOD ONE! We created a worksheet that is really helpful for you if you are deciding what the risks of hospitalization are for your loved one – some of you are wondering how to plan a special birthday party or attend a funeral – these questions can be informed by the specific risk your loved one faces – check out the worksheet (PDF) – click here: https://mennoplacelife.com/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2022/01/COVID-19-Hospitalization-Risk.pdf
DAILY UPDATES – With the level of COVID in our community and impacting our staff, we have had a difficult time updating you on a daily basis. Updates on staff who are COVID positive will now be focused only on the COVID positive staff who have had close contact with residents.
THANK YOU – We know that you are walking this journey with us – and that you feel the stress of the changes and the length of time. A friend told me that there is a German saying – if you know it, please put it in the comments – in English, “It’s the length that is the burden.” Yes, it is. This has been a long and difficult journey together. So much has been lost that we can barely remember the vibrant ways we did life together here at Menno Place. As Leonard Klassen said today on Menno TV – “We will get through this together.” We will. We are.

MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – JANUARY 28, 2022

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JANUARY 28, 2022

HOSPITAL E1: OUTBREAK – No changes 01/28

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 resident | 0 staff

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 45 (29 residents | 16 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 26, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 3, 2022 (staff)

PASSED AWAY:  1 death, January 18, 2022

OFF DROPLET PRECAUTIONS: 12 residents are now off droplet precautions

Outbreak protocols:

  • Only VERY ESSENTIAL visits, no social visits
  • Audits continue – hand hygiene audit, PPE audit, environmental audit
  • All communal activity including dining stopped
  • All families of affected residents are contacted
  • Staff to using dining room as their cohorted break room
  • Staff to use patio entrance to enter and exit the unit
  • Any symptomatic residents will be swabbed for COVID
  • Staff to wear N-95 masks and goggles at all times

HOSPITAL E2: Enhanced Monitoring – No changes 01/28

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 (0 residents | 2 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 26, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 24, 2022 (staff)

East 2 Hospital is on enhanced monitoring (level 1). No residents affected.
As there are no residents who have tested COVID positive, the restrictions on the unit are lessened.
  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Group activities continue
  • Communal dining continues
  • Social visits/essential visits can continue

HOSPITAL W2: Enhanced Monitoring – No changes 01/28

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 (2 residents | 0 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 25, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 24, 2022 (resident)

West 2 Hospital is on enhanced monitoring (level 2). No staff affected.

  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Symptomatic residents and residents who test positive are to be placed on isolation/droplet precautions.
  • Communal dining on the affected unit is stopped.
  • Group activities on the affected unit are stopped.
  • Social visits/essential visits can continue

PRIMROSE GARDENS: Monitoring – No changes 01/28

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 residents | 0 staff

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 16 (14 residents | 2 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 26, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 18, 2022 (resident)

We are sorry to report that some cases of COVID are impacting residents more severely. Two residents have gone to hospital. One has returned home.

  • COVID positive residents isolating in their suite
  • COVID symptomatic or exposed isolating in their suite
  • Dining room is closed
  • Active screening at the entrance for visitors, caregivers and vendors
  • Wellness checks twice daily for all who are isolating
  • Full PPE (personal protective equipment) for all who enter COVID positive apartment suites (provided in the isolation cart)

Download the ACTION SHEETS for residents to see what they are required to do during isolation, if exposed to COVID or symptomatic – CLICK HERE

Watch video of HOW TO DO A RAPID TEST – CLICK HERE

TERRACE WEST: Monitoring – No changes 01/28

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 resident  |  0 staff

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 (1 resident | 0 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 26, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 26, 2022 (resident)

  • COVID positive resident isolating in their suite
  • COVID symptomatic or exposed isolating in their suite
  • Active screening at the entrance for visitors, caregivers and vendors
  • Wellness checks twice daily for all who are isolating
  • Full PPE (personal protective equipment) for all who enter COVID positive apartment suites (provided in the isolation cart)
  • Dining room remains OPEN at this time

Download the ACTION SHEETS for residents to see what they are required to do during isolation, if exposed to COVID or symptomatic – CLICK HERE

Watch video of HOW TO DO A RAPID TEST – CLICK HERE

 

HOME W1: Monitoring

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 staff

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 7 (0 residents | 7 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 28, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 25, 2022 (staff)

West 1 Home: Monitoring (level 1). No residents are affected.

As there are no residents who have tested COVID positive, the restrictions on the unit are lessened. Monitoring until Feb. 2/2022 if there are no further cases of COVID.
  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Group activities continue
  • Communal dining continues
  • Social visits/essential visits can continue

HOME W2: Monitoring

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 (0 residents | 3 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 26, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 25, 2022 (staff)

West 2 Home: Monitoring (level 1). No residents are affected.

As there are no residents who have tested COVID positive, the restrictions on the unit are lessened. Monitoring until Feb. 2/2022 if there are no further cases of COVID.
  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Group activities continue
  • Communal dining continues
  • Social visits/essential visits can continue

HOME E2: Monitoring

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 (0 residents |  3 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 28, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 23, 2022 (staff)

East 2 Home: Monitoring (level 1). No residents are affected.

As there are no residents who have tested COVID positive, the restrictions on the unit are lessened. Monitoring until January 31 /2022 if there are no further cases of COVID.
  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Group activities continue
  • Communal dining continues
  • Social visits/essential visits can continue

MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – JANUARY 27, 2022

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JANUARY 27, 2022

HOSPITAL E1: OUTBREAK

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 resident | 0 staff

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 45 (29 residents | 16 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 26, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 3, 2022 (staff)

PASSED AWAY:  1 death, January 18, 2022

Outbreak protocols:

  • 16 residents remain on droplet precautions – isolation and full PPE for staff and essential visits
  • Only VERY ESSENTIAL visits, no social visits
  • Audits continue – hand hygiene audit, PPE audit, environmental audit
  • All communal activity including dining stopped
  • All families of affected residents are contacted
  • Staff to using dining room as their cohorted break room
  • Staff to use patio entrance to enter and exit the unit
  • Any symptomatic residents will be swabbed for COVID
  • Staff to wear N-95 masks and goggles at all times

HOSPITAL E2: Enhanced Monitoring

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 (0 residents | 2 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 26, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 24, 2022 (staff)

East 2 Hospital is on enhanced monitoring (level 1). No residents affected.
As there are no residents who have tested COVID positive, the restrictions on the unit are lessened.
  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Group activities continue
  • Communal dining continues
  • Social visits/essential visits can continue

HOSPITAL W2: Enhanced Monitoring

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 (2 residents | 0 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 25, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 24, 2022 (resident)

West 2 Hospital is on enhanced monitoring (level 2). No staff affected.

  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Symptomatic residents and residents who test positive are to be placed on isolation/droplet precautions.
  • Communal dining on the affected unit is stopped.
  • Group activities on the affected unit are stopped.
  • Social visits/essential visits can continue

PRIMROSE GARDENS: Monitoring

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 residents | 0 staff

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 16 (14 residents | 2 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 26, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 18, 2022 (resident)

Primrose Gardens is on Monitoring, a new status from Public Health. Our Manager, Community Enrichment, Trish Giesbrecht is on daily calls with Public Health and has set up following the protocols for infection control. The prevalence of COVID is so high in our community that Public Health is focusing their oversight efforts on locations that do not have the experience that our team brings. We are sorry to report that some cases of COVID are impacting residents more severely and another resident has gone to hospital. We are also initiating isolation precautions with 1 new symptomatic resident.

We want to thank our team of staff in Primrose Gardens who are doing the wellness checks. These phone calls and eyes-on checks have helped residents seek additional medical support in a timely way when needed.

  • COVID positive residents isolating in their suite
  • COVID symptomatic or exposed isolating in their suite
  • Dining room is closed
  • Active screening at the entrance for visitors, caregivers and vendors
  • Wellness checks twice daily for all who are isolating
  • Full PPE (personal protective equipment) for all who enter COVID positive apartment suites (provided in the isolation cart)

Download the ACTION SHEETS for residents to see what they are required to do during isolation, if exposed to COVID or symptomatic – CLICK HERE

Watch video of HOW TO DO A RAPID TEST – CLICK HERE

TERRACE WEST: Monitoring

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 resident  |  0 staff

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 (1 resident | 0 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 26, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 26, 2022 (resident)

  • COVID positive resident isolating in their suite
  • COVID symptomatic or exposed isolating in their suite
  • Active screening at the entrance for visitors, caregivers and vendors
  • Wellness checks twice daily for all who are isolating
  • Full PPE (personal protective equipment) for all who enter COVID positive apartment suites (provided in the isolation cart)
  • Dining room remains OPEN at this time

Download the ACTION SHEETS for residents to see what they are required to do during isolation, if exposed to COVID or symptomatic – CLICK HERE

Watch video of HOW TO DO A RAPID TEST – CLICK HERE

 

HOME w1: Monitoring

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 5 (0 residents | 5 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 26, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 25, 2022 (staff)

West 1 Home: Monitoring (level 1). No residents are affected.

As there are no residents who have tested COVID positive, the restrictions on the unit are lessened. Monitoring until Feb. 2/2022 if there are no further cases of COVID.
  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Group activities continue
  • Communal dining continues
  • Social visits/essential visits can continue

HOME w2: Monitoring

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 (0 residents | 3 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 26, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 25, 2022 (staff)

West 2 Home: Monitoring (level 1). No residents are affected.

As there are no residents who have tested COVID positive, the restrictions on the unit are lessened. Monitoring until Feb. 2/2022 if there are no further cases of COVID.
  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Group activities continue
  • Communal dining continues
  • Social visits/essential visits can continue

HOME E2: Monitoring

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 (0 residents |  2 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 26, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 23, 2022 (staff)

East 2 Home: Monitoring (level 1). No residents are affected.

As there are no residents who have tested COVID positive, the restrictions on the unit are lessened. Monitoring until January 31 /2022 if there are no further cases of COVID.
  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Group activities continue
  • Communal dining continues
  • Social visits/essential visits can continue