DECEMBER 15 – HOME E2 – Total new positives = 0 (T=58)

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – December 15 – 2020 – Menno Home E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 58 (35 residents in Menno Home E2 & 23 staff Home E2)
TOTAL RECOVERED = 4 residents / 8 staff returning to work
PASSED AWAY = Total = 8 residents
ACTION:
  • We did another point prevalence set of COVID swab tests for residents and staff today on E2. This happens weekly as ordered by the Medical Health Officer.

DECEMBER 15 – PAVILION – Total new positives = 2 (T=2)

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We are sad to report that there are 2 COVID-19 positive residents who live in the Pavilion, Independent Living Apartments. To the best of our knowledge, these two COVID-19 cases are unrelated to each other.
**NEW** COVID POSITIVE UPDATE – December 15 – 2020 – Pavilion Independent Living
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2
NUMBER OF RESIDENTS ON ISOLATION = 3
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 (2 residents / 0 staff)
PASSED AWAY = 0 (0 resident / 0 staff)
ACTION:
  • These two COVID-19 positive residents are NOT connected to each other
  • These COVID-19 positive residents have been in ARH
  • A Registered Visitor (asymptomatic) was with one of the COVID-19 positive residents in the days just prior to this resident’s COVID-19 test result.
  • 14-day isolation occurs when there is a COVID-Positive exposure or a resident returns from an acute care hospital.
  • This is the time to be vigilant, to ensure that all residents are safe by exercising caution, staying at home and encouraging residents to stay at home.

COVID-19 Vaccination has begun!

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We are pleased to let you know that Menno Place began the COVID-19 mRNA (Pfizer / BionTech) vaccination program today. 10 of our frontline staff received the first step of this two-step vaccination this afternoon. Fraser Health is communicating with us day-by-day to let us know the numbers of staff that we can have vaccinated each day. We are very excited about being able to bring this level of safety to Menno Place.

Here is a photo of our much-appreciated Manager of Dining Experience, Angela Ross-Fehr happily sharing her record of immunization.

 

DECEMBER 14 – HOME E2 – Total new positives = 0 (T=58)

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – December 14 – 2020 – Menno Home E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 58 (35 residents in Menno Home E2 & 23 staff Home E2)
TOTAL RECOVERED = 4 residents / 8 staff returning to work
PASSED AWAY = Total = 8 residents
ACTION:
  • We are entering on the 4th week of this outbreak. Grateful for the support from Fraser Health to ensure staffing numbers. We are grateful for the staff who are serving the seniors on the Home E2 unit. We are grateful for the eight staff who are able to return back to work. Thankful for the team who is working diligently to prevent the spread. We continually review hand hygiene, PPE supplies/use and environmental cleaning. Well done, team!

RESIDENT INFO: INDEPENDENT LIVING – CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS, GIFTS, VISITING

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This memo will be handed out to Independent Living on December 15, 2020.

MEMO

Date: December 15, 2020
To: Menno Place PAVILION, TERRACE WEST, PRIMROSE GARDENS Independent Living Apartment Residents, Family & Friends
Re: New Infection Control Guidelines for the Holiday Season 2020 in effect until at least January 8, 2021

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The holiday season this year will be challenging for all of us as we face unprecedented COVID-19 positive case numbers in our community. Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, has released infection control guidelines for this season, until at least January 8th. As you live in a congregate living environment, we have outlined some additional protocols that will serve to keep you safe.

How does this affect you, a resident of Pavilion, Terrace West & Primrose Gardens?

  1. Essential Outings Only
    Essential outings do not include: visiting family homes, shopping, going out to restaurants or cafes, attending church, or receiving external salon services (the TE hairdresser and on-site foot care are still be available). They do include essential medical appointments. This is NOT the time to be out and about.
  1. Essential Medical Appointments Only
    If a medical appointment could prevent an eventual visit to the ER, it is considered essential. An example of a non-essential medical appointment is a regular visit to the dentist.
  1. Groceries delivered Registered Visitors
    Groceries can to be delivered through the Registered Visitor. Residents may leave the Menno Place campus for essential supplies. i.e. to pick up medications that cannot be delivered. Groceries can also be ordered online and delivered through a Grocery Delivery Service.
  1. Walks Off-Campus are Permitted
    If you go for a walk with someone else, remember to wear your mask and stay 6-feet apart.
  1. Christmas Celebrations – Christmas dinner can be brought to you by your Registered Visitor(s). It should be in a wipeable container. They may join you for your Christmas meal. You are asked to stay in your apartment suite with your Registered Visitor(s) as your household bubble. Wear masks when you aren’t eating. Sit 6 feet apart when you are eating together.
  1. If you go to a family home over Christmas, you will be required to self-isolate in your apartment for 14 days upon your return to your Independent Living Suite. [su_highlight]THIS IS HIGH RISK and not recommended by the Provincial Health Officer.[/su_highlight]
    You will be billed for the isolation process and required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
  1. Christmas gifts and decorations can be brought in by the Registered Visitor. All gifts will need to be quarantined for 48-hours.
  1. Hospital Visits and Returning to 14-Day Isolation – All residents who go to hospital will be on 14-day isolation upon returning to their apartment suite. This includes day procedures, ER visits, overnight stays. There is no minimum time in the hospital visit to qualify for 14-day isolation.

What continues?

  • The regular meal rotation in the dining room will continue.
  • The Terrace East hairdresser and Pavilion are still open.
  • Foot care is still available – three footcare nurses.
  • Flower deliveries are being received as long as they are in a wipeable container.
    Orders can be made through Buckets Fresh Flower Market in Abbotsford at abbotsfordflorist.com

What is the process if a resident has been in contact with a COVID positive person?

As the prevalence of COVID in the Abbotsford community grows, so does the risk that a resident in the Menno Apartments will be infected with COVID. Since August, we have three instances of a COVID positive person entering our Independent Living apartment buildings. Two were Fraser Health Home Support workers and one was a Registered Visitor.

What happens after we discover that a visitor to an apartment suite is COVID positive?

  1. Enhanced Cleaning: We continue our enhanced cleaning around the apartment buildings – high-touch points (elevator buttons, door handles, railings, smash bars on the doors) are being cleaned multiple times per day.
  2. Isolation for 14 Days: The resident in isolation must stay in their suite for 14 days while they MIGHT be infectious.
  3. Isolation Cart: We immediately put an isolation cart outside the apartment suite of the resident who has been in contact with a COVID positive person.
  4. COVID Swab Test: If they have any symptoms, they will be swabbed. For independent living residents, the registered visitor will take them to the COVID testing site for the swab.
  5. Rely on Registered Visitors: Registered Visitors play THE primary role in supporting a resident who is in isolation. They may enter the suite in full PPE to provide essential services for the resident. The Registered Visitor supports the resident with food, daily active screening for symptoms and social contact. If they develop symptoms that require additional support (vomitting or diahrrea) these are supported by the Registered Visitors or Home Support (privately contracted by the resident or Fraser Health Home Support contracted through Home Health). Menno Place does not have the staff to provide care, laundry or housekeeping support for those who are not already clients.
  6. Full PPE to enter the suite: Any entrance into the apartment suite during isolation (symptoms or not) MUST be done in full PPE. The PPE is in the isolation cart beside the apartment door with donning and doffing instructions (gown, gloves, mask, goggles).
  7. Appropriate Disclosure to keep all safe: If there is a COVID positive in the apartment building, we will share this with the residents in the apartment building, staff who work in that apartment building and all of the Menno Place campus (staff, residents, families). We protect the privacy of the individual, so we don’t communicate the name of the COVID-positive individual to those who do not need to know.

Keep yourself and others safe this holiday season! Remember to wear a mask over your mouth and nose outside of your apartment. Stay 6 feet apart from others. Use hand sanitizer or wash your hands with soap and hot water regularly. Do not touch your face. Practice proper respiratory etiquette.

If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact Cheryl Dawes, Manager of Community Enrichment for Apartments at Cheryl.Dawes@mennoplace.ca or 604-851-4020.

DECEMBER 13 – HOME E2 – Total new positives = 2 (T=58)

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It is with saddness that we report the 8th death to COVID on Menno Home E2.
COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – December 13 – 2020 – Menno Home E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 58 (35 residents in Menno Home E2 & 23 staff Home E2)
TOTAL RECOVERED = 4 residents / 7 staff returning to work
PASSED AWAY = Total = 8 residents
ACTION:
  • We are grateful that the COVID outbreak continues to be contained to only the E2 Home unit.

DECEMBER 12 – HOME E2 – Total new positives = 1 (T=56)

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – December 12 – 2020 – Menno Home E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 56 (34 residents in Menno Home E2 & 22 staff Home E2)
TOTAL RECOVERED = 4 residents / 2+ staff returning to work
PASSED AWAY = Total = 7 residents
ACTION:
  • We continue to pray for strength for the staff who are working on the COVID-19 positive unit. We are grateful for their efforts. We know they are weary.
  • We are grateful to all of the staff who have recovered and are coming back to work in the the COVID-19 positive unit. These staff are assessed through Public Health before returning to the workplace. Thank you for your service.

DECEMBER 11 – HOME E2 – Total new positives = 0 (T=55)

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A 7th resident has succumbed to COVID-19 in Menno Home E2. We pass along our condolences to the family.
COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – December 11– 2020 – Menno Home E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 55 (33 residents in Menno Home E2 & 22 staff Home E2)
TOTAL RECOVERED = 4 residents / 2+ staff returning to work
PASSED AWAY = Total = 7 residents
ACTION:
  • We cautiously share with you that there are 5 more recovered residents. The caution comes from the unpredictability of this virus and its effect on those it infects. This brings the total to 10 recovered residents. For this, we are grateful.
  • We are excited to see the return of staff to E2 Home and appreciate their hard work and love for the residents.
  • Thank you to Ingrid Schultz, our chaplain at Menno Home who spends time sharing the grief of the families – through cards, phone calls and a revised passing ceremony as we say our final good-byes to the resident.
  • Thank you to all who have poured out your gifts of love upon the staff of Menno Home E2. We will post this weekend ideas of how you can encourage the staff in the COVID positive unit (E2 Home) and all across our campus. We are grateful for the strength and vigilance of our amazing teams!

DECEMBER 10 – HOME E2 – Total new positives = 0 (T=55)

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Another resident has passed away from COVID-19. We grieve with the family of the 6th resident to succumb to COVID-19.
COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – December 10– 2020 – Menno Home E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 55 (33 residents in Menno Home E2 & 22 staff Home E2)
TOTAL RECOVERED = 4 residents / 2+ staff returning to work
PASSED AWAY = Total = 6 residents
ACTION:
  • We look forward to the return of staff who have recovered. We wait each day to see if they have any further symptoms. Fraser Health / Public Health works with each staff member to determine if they can return to work.
  • Thank you to our support from Fraser Health – today we offer a staff support session with the Mobile Response Team. Our staff in E2 Home are given an opportunity to have a 20 minute session one-on-one with a trained emergency response counselor. This is an opportunity for the staff to have confidential conversations about their state of mental health as they continue through this ongoing crisis.
  • We are excited about the staff returning to work – we thank God our staff!
  • There are numerous stories of our staff going above and beyond to meet the needs of residents and families while working in the COIVD unit. Thank you!

DECEMBER 9 – HOME E2 – Total new positives =3 (2 residents, 1 staff) (T=55)

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One more resident has succumbed to COVID-19. Our condolences are with the family of the 5th resident to succumb to COVID-19.
COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – December 9– 2020 – Menno Home E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 (1 staff and 2 residents)
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 55 (33 residents in Menno Home E2 & 22 staff Home E2)
TOTAL RECOVERED = 4 residents / 2 staff returning to work
PASSED AWAY = Total = 5 residents
ACTION:
  • Thank you to the amazing staff who are working on this unit!
  • Two staff return to work this coming week.
  • There are 45 residents in Menno Home E2.
  • Staff continue to provide excellent care as they work vigilantly to practice all of the infection control protocols.