Hair Salon – Opening in Terrace East – Monday, June 1 for Terrace and PG Residents
Great news!
The hair salon at Terrace East is opening on Monday, June 1st for hair cuts.
This salon is available for residents in Terrace West, Terrace East and Primrose Gardens.
The Pavilion hair salon opening will be announced shortly.
Call 604-556-8595 to book your appointment (must be a resident of Terrace West, Terrace East or Primrose Gardens).
What to Expect
Residents will be required to wear a mask covering nose and mouth. You can wear your cloth mask.
Residents will be asked to wash hands immediately upon arriving at hair salon.
Residents must comply with all infection protocol requirements or will not be served.
Hair dresser will be required to wear a mask and follow infection control protocols.
Residents from Primrose Gardens will be asked to enter the salon by the south doorway. Signage will be put up and Primrose Gardens residents will receive a map to this door. Residents may be transported by their Registered Visitor. No external visitors in the Terrace East building. If you need to use the restroom, there is one located in the Terrace West Bistro.
Directions: See below.
How to get to the Terrace East Hair Salon from Primrose Gardens
- FOLLOW THE RED LINE
- Exit Primrose Gardens through the front entrance and head south (right) on Primrose Street towards Marshall Road
- Follow the sidewalk to the driveway at Terrace East
- Turn right down the driveway to the front entrance of Terrace East (this is a fairly steep downhill) Follow the BLUE LINE for less of a decline.
- Walk past the front entrance and around the corner of the building
- Turn right to follow along on the south side of Terrace East
- Follow the signs to the exterior door that says Hair Salon Entrance
If you follow the BLUE LINE, there is less of a downhill. In this path, you walk between the putting green and Living Waters Garden, up the driveway beside the Living Waters Garden and meet up with the RED LINE at the front of Terrace East.
Map:
Sharon Simpson on the Simi Sara Radio Show – CKNW – Opening up long-term care for visitors
Sharon Simpson, Director of Community Enrichment was interviewed on Thursday, June 4th on CKNW – the Simi Sara Show, along with Jennifer Lyle, CEO of SafeCare BC. The topic was opening up long-term care for visitors. Take a listen:
ELVIS is “OUTSIDE” the Building – June 4
This is a one day performance to celebrate Seniors’ Week and our “Everyday Heroes”. Watch or Listen from your balconies if you can!
Zoom Calls – Book Again!
If you’ve enjoyed a Zoom call with your loved one in Home or Hospital, book again!
Hospital Zoom Call Booking – CLICK HERE
Home Zoom Call Booking – CLICK HERE
At this time, we are not providing Zoom calls for The Apartments.
Thankful and Grateful – COVID-19 FREE
You’ve asked how you’ll know if Menno Place has a COVID-19 positive staff or resident. We’ll tell you.
The great news for today (and the past several months as we’ve practiced COVID-19 infection control protocols) is that…
MENNO PLACE CONTINUES TO BE COVID-19 FREE!
Our hearts grieve and rally with all at Langley Lodge who are working very hard to control the COVID-19 outbreak – 43 seniors infected and 16 deaths. We pray for the seniors, staff and families who are battling COVID-19 in this care home and others in our communities.
LET’S CONTINUE TO BE VIGILANT IN OUR INFECTION CONTROL PROTOCOLS.
Thank you staff for your vigilance at work and at home.
Thank you visitors and families for continuing to bear the hardship of these protocols that make visiting impossible or challenging.
Thank you, seniors, for your positive outlook in the face of a grave and invisible danger.
Thank you, loved ones, who have said good-bye to their cherished mother, father, spouse in this peculiar time of limited visits and no funeral gatherings. May your heart be comforted.
Have you and your loved one taken the BCCDC COVID-19 Survey?
BCCDC COVID-19 Survey – Closes May 31, 2020
Have you taken the BCCDC COVID-19 survey? Has your loved one taken the survey?
You can phone your loved one and submit their survey to bring the senior’s perspective to the conversation about the citizen experience, knowledge and actions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s important that seniors are included in helping the BCCDC understand the social, economic, mental wellness and community wellness impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Long-Term Care COVID-19 Tracker – Canada
Did you know that the National Institute for Aging has a Canadian Long-Term Care COVID-19 Tracker? This data is very interesting and shows the vulnerability of seniors who are living in long-term care or retirement homes (Ontario’s term for independent/supportive living).
It feels like we should be “opening up”, but we can see that seniors are very vulnerable. You can see on the attached summary how severe COVID-19 is in situations where it spreads from senior to senior. We are grateful that we have not experienced what Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia have experienced and recognize our strict vigilance with infection control protocols have helped keep our seniors safe.
Menno Place remains COVID-19 FREE!
Updates – 05/23/2020 – Hairdressing, Dentist, Visits, Deliveries
Some quick updates
HAIRDRESSING – we are working on re-opening haircutting and styling services next week across the campus.This is an ongoing conversation with the hair dressers and our maintenance team to set up safe locations for hair services.
Each building / unit will need its own hair salon solution. We don’t have a hair salon in Primrose Gardens, so that is something we are working on. Menno Home residents (west side) have used the Pavilion hair salon and this will no longer take place.
We realize that people are really needing their hair to be cut, styled, colored and generally beautified. We do not recommend Independent Living residents go to outside hair salons (Pavilion, Terrace West, Primrose Gardens). Thank you for your patience!
DENTIST – For Long-term care (Home and Hospital) as well as Assisted Living (Terrace East), there are no outside appointments for residents unless a medical emergency.
For Independent Living, we STRONGLY recommend NOT going to the dentist for routine dental checkups or cleaning. Use all infection control protocols (mask, hand hygiene, active screening questions for the dentist staff, goggles, etc) if you have to go for urgent or emergency work.
VISITING – Long-term care (Menno Home and Menno Hospital) as well as Assisted Living (Terrace East) continue to be under Medical Health Orders to have only ESSENTIAL visitors (palliative care) and no outside appointments.
DELIVERIES – For Long-term care (Home and Hospital) as well as Assisted Living (Terrace East), deliveries must be considered ESSENTIAL (hearing aids, mobility aids, etc). We are not accepting donations of take-out food or snacks. If you bring a card, it will be quarantined for 48 hours.
Although BC is in Phase 2 Opening, seniors’ care continues to be the highest risk for a fatal result from a positive test for COVID-19. We do not envision any major re-opening taking place for visits or services in the near future.
