Dining Service Change in all Apartments

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Effective March 26th, we will no longer be serving meals in the Dining Rooms. All meals will be served to the Apartment doors by our Dietary team. Residents are encouraged to practice social distancing which, like the rest of us, means staying in their own homes (their apartment suites).

Important Links for Menno Place Families and Friends

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All families and friends of Menno Place are invited to keep up to date.

 

 

Visitor Information Update – Menno Place: 03/19/2020

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Menno Home, Hospital & Apartments Visitor Rules:

Menno Place is in Lockdown – No Visitors

This means only staff of Menno Place are entering the buildings. This reduces the risk of the spread of COVID-19 to this most vulnerable population.

How to connect with your loved one:

  1. Call them on their phone
  2. Send them a message through our SEND YOUR LOVED ONE A MESSAGE online form: mennoplacelife.com/message-delivery
  3. Bring a delivery to Reception – we will deliver it for you – flowers, card, favorite snacks
  4. We are setting up SKYPE to connect with your loved one. More information to come.

Visitor Information Update 03/16: 1600

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Visitor Restrictions: 9am – 2pm

Visitors who assist with feeding or mobility tasks are permitted.

Compassionate visitors permitted (palliative care visits)

Essential visitors only.

No visitors under 10 years old, unless for compassionate reasons.

Max. 2 visitors per resident – visit only 1 resident

Visits to take place in resident room or apartment suite

No gatherings, including family birthdays or get-togethers

No visitors with flu-like symptoms or symptoms of coronavirus (fever, cough, shortness of breath)

Lunch guests in Apartments discouraged. Must eat together in apartment suite, not dining room.

Menno Place precautions around COVID-19

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At Menno Place, the health of our residents is our top priority. At this time, the novel coronavirus (named COVID-19, its official name) situation continues to evolve. Menno Place works with Fraser Health to monitor the national and provincial novel coronavirus situation. The BC Centre for Disease Control and the Public Health Agency of Canada work closely with Fraser Health. The most up-to-date information about novel coronavirus can be found through informed, evidence-based sources like the Fraser Health Corona Virus web page: www.fraserhealth.ca/health-topics-a-to-z/coronavirus/coronavirus-questions-general-public Another website for information about 2019-nCoV, Corona Virus is here: https://www.fraserhealth.ca/coronavirus The Public Health Agency of Canada has created a toll-free phone number (1-833-784-4397) to answer questions from Canadians about novel coronavirus as well. What should you do? Follow the same procedures that are recommended during cold and flu season. This includes washing your hands often with soap and water; covering your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing; avoiding others who are unwell; and staying home when you are sick. Visitors. Vendors and Staff If you have been to an affected place in the last 14 days OR had contact with somebody with Coronavirus – DO NOT VISIT OR COME TO MENNO PLACE.