DECEMBER 18 – APARTMENTS – New residents on isolation = 1 (T=16) New Covid Positive = 0 (T=2)

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APARTMENTS ISOLATION/COVID UPDATE – December 18 – 2020

The Apartments (Pavilion, Terrace West, Terrace East, Primrose Gardens)

NEW RESIDENTS ON ISOLATION = 1 (Pavilion)
TOTAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTS ON ISOLATION: T = 16
NEW APARTMENT RESIDENTS COVID-POSITIVE = 0
NUMBER OF APARTMENT RESIDENTS COVID POSITIVE = 2 (Pavilion)
BY BUILDING:
TERRACE EAST (Assisted Living) = 0 (0 COVID positive)
PAVILION (Independent Living) = 3 ( 2 COVID positive)
TERRACE WEST (Independent Living) = 2 (neither are COVID-related isolations)
PRIMROSE GARDENS (Independent Living) = 11 (0 COVID positive) 
*NOTE: THERE ARE SPECIFIC BUILDING UPDATES FOR ANY BUILDING WITH COVID-POSITIVE RESIDENTS
Residents on isolation have an isolation cart outside their apartment door. It contains Personal Protective Equipment (sanitized) and directions on usage. Residents may be on 14-day isolation for one of these reasons:
  1. COVID-positive exposure
  2. Return from acute care hospital
  3. They are COVID positive
Residents are on isolation because they pose a risk to others to transmit COVID-19 if they are not isolated for 14 days. The presence of an isolation cart does not indicate that the resident is COVID-positive.

DECEMBER 17 – APARTMENTS – New residents on isolation = 0 (T=15)

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ISOLATION UPDATE – December 17 – 2020 – The Apartments (Pavilion, Terrace West, Terrace East, Primrose Gardens)

NEW RESIDENTS ON ISOLATION = 0

NUMBER OF RESIDENTS ON ISOLATION: T = 15
This number does not indicate number of COVID positive residents.
CURRENTLY:
TERRACE EAST (Assisted Living) = 0
PAVILION (Independent Living) = 3 ( +2 COVID positive who are in ARH)
TERRACE WEST (Independent Living) = 1
PRIMROSE GARDENS (Independent Living) = 11 
*NOTE: PLEASE SEE THE DAILY COVID POSITIVE UPDATES FOR NUMBERS OF RESIDENTS WITH COVID**
Residents may be on 14-day isolation for one of these reasons:
  1. COVID-positive exposure
  2. Return from acute care hospital
  3. They are COVID positive
The residents who are on isolation have an isolation cart outside of their apartment suite. This does not mean that they are COVID positive. In any of the cases (above), without the 14-day isolation period, they are a risk to others.

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.

Send a Christmas gift to your loved one at Menno Place!

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Here’s how you can safely deliver a Christmas gift to your loved one this year.

Read more

Water Shutdown – Primrose Gardens – Dec. 3, 8am – 12pm

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Water Shut Down – Primrose Gardens only– December 3, 8am – 12pm

Maintenance is replacing the Primrose Gardens hot water tanks on Thursday of this week. the project will take approximately 4 hours, but could take longer if there are unexpected issues.
Please be prepared by filling up water containers for drinking, cooking, hand washing and flushing the toilet.

Send your thanks to Nik Van Egdom as he starts a new adventure

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In 2017, we created a new role, Life Enrichment Coordinator and sought a person who would be the ultimate liasion for residents of The Apartments at Menno Place. Nik van Edgom was the first to take on this position and he has done it with great joy, energy and compassion. Nik is about to embark on a new adventure – following his life passion for baking, he is the new owner of a Cobb’s Bread franchise in Mission, BC. Previous to working at Menno Place, Nik was a cook and a manager of several Cobb’s stores. We wish Nik well in his new adventure and thank him for all of his kindness and help over the past 3 years that he has served in the Apartments.

Would you like to add your thanks to ours?

Please fill out the form below before December 8th to have your words added to ours at Nik’s virtual going-away party.

Fill out my online form.

Purchase Medical Grade Masks – The Apartments

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We have ordered 40 boxes of medical grade masks. We are offering this initially to residents and Registered Visitors from Primrose Gardens, Terrace WEST and Pavilion.
Place your order here
Menno Place supplies medical grade masks to Designated Visitors in the Safe Visit program (Home, Hospital, Terrace East) and to the residents in Terrace East. We supply medical grade masks at the entrances of Primrose Gardens, Terrace West and Pavilion, however, Regsitered Visitors and Residents may wish to purchase their own box.

Frequently Asked Questions:

  1. How much does a box cost? $20
  2. How many masks are in a box? 50
  3. How many boxes can I order? 2 boxes per order
  4. Who can purchase these? Residents and Registered Visitors in Primrose Gardens, Terrace West and Pavilion
  5. How are they delivered? To the resident’s apartment suite
  6. How are they paid for? On the resident’s monthly billing statement
  7. What if you run out and I’ve put in an order? We either re-order or let you know that we can’t provide them to you
  8. Does this program mean that nurses and care aides won’t have proper PPE in another part of Menno Place? No. These masks are from a different supplier.
  9. What is a medical-grade mask? Click here to go to the BCCDC website to learn more
  10. If I have a special reason to purchase and my loved one lives in Terrace East, Menno Home or Menno Hospital, what can I do? Reach out to Garry.Janzen@MennoPlace.ca

Update – Visits at Menno Place

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Update: VISITS

We are very sad that we’ve had to make some changes to the visits in Menno Home – we know how important these are to family.
You may wish to use the Send a Message of Love. We will print and deliver to any resident: CLICK HERE

Menno Home E2 – COVID positive unit (outbreak) – Long Term Care

  • All visits are cancelled during the outbreak
  • Actively dying (COVID related or not), nursing will call the family to be with their loved one
  • Essential deliveries only with the exception of cards

Menno Home W1, W2, E1 – Long Term Care

  • Zoom Calls – continue as normal
  • Essential Visits – temporarily suspended while we are on full droplet precaution
  • Window Visits – temporarily suspended while we are on full droplet precaution
  • Actively dying – nursing will call the family to be with their loved one
  • Safe Visits – cancelled for 2 weeks, we will keep you informed
  • Essential deliveries only with the exception of cards

Menno Hospital – Long Term Care

  • All visits continue
  • Deliveries continue, including “extras” (eg: snacks)

Terrace East – Assisted Living

  • All Safe Visits continue
  • Deliveries continue, including “extras” (eg: snacks)
  • Residents have been advised to stay in their suites and limit outings to essential outings only

Primrose Gardens, Terrace West, Pavilion – Independent Living

  • Registered Visitor program continues
  • Residents have been advised to stay in their suites and limit outings to essential outings only

MEMO: Apartment Update For Residents & Loved Ones

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The following Memo will be delivered to apartment suite doors in the afternoon on Wednesday, Nov 18. 

Menno Place Memo

To:             Residents, Families & Friends: Apartments
Re:             2 Positive COVID-19 Case in Menno Home East 2
Date:         Wednesday, November 18, 2020

We are sad to share with you that in spite of all the hard work we have done for the past 8 months, we now have 2 COVID positive residents at Menno Home E2. All of the Menno Home E2 staff and residents have been swabbed for COVID-19 and we await all the test results. Families of E2 Home residents have been notified. Our COVID-19 Response Plan is in place and Fraser Health will be onsite in Menno Home today. NO staff from Menno Home E2 work in any other location at Menno Place.

There are NO COVID positive residents or staff in Menno Place Apartments (Primrose Gardens, Terrace East, Terrace West or Pavilion).

What does this mean for you, a resident of a Menno Place Apartment?
The situation in nearby Tabor Home is concerning. As of Monday, 42 staff members and 59 residents have tested positive for COVID-19. In light of how COVID-19 is spreading quickly throughout our community and in healthcare facilities in Abbotsford, please follow these recommendations:

  1. Don’t go out. We strongly recommend that you only leave the building for essential outings such as medical appointments. Stop going to your church, stores, family dinners, restaurants or gatherings.
  2. Stay in your own apartment suite. Do not gather in hallways or lobbies with other residents.
  3. Follow the best practices to keep yourself safe. Always wear your mask if you must go outside of your own suite. Wash your hands and/or use hand sanitizer frequently. Use the screening questions to monitor yourself for any symptoms.

For Primrose Gardens, Terrace West and Pavilion:
Registered Visitors (including housekeepers) may still enter your suite as before, following all previous protocols. They are to continue screening themselves for symptoms, wearing masks, cleaning or sanitizing their hands, and signing in and out of the apartment building. Dining in the dining room continues.

For Terrace East, all suites:
Designated Visitors may still have booked socially-distanced safe visits with you in the Terrace East lounge. Grocery delivery continues in the mornings at Reception. Dining in the dining room continues.

We will continue to keep you informed through memos delivered to your door, Channel 10 TV noon announcements during the week and emails.

We recommend that you use a delivery service for your groceries or continue to have your Registered Visitors bring you groceries and other essentials.

If you have any questions, please contact Cheryl Dawes, 604.851.4020

Would you buy medical grade masks from Menno Place?

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If Menno Place supplied Level 1 Medical Grade Mask Boxes (50 per box) for $20/box, would you purchase a box (or more than one) for yourself and/or your loved one? There is a current poll asking this question on the Menno Place Facebook – CLICK HERE
This poll is primarily for Registered Visitors and Residents in the Apartments.
You will need a Facebook profile in order to gain access to the poll. Don’t have FB? Send a message directly to Sharon.Simpson@MennoPlace.ca

These masks would be made available at Reception and would be billed to residents directly.

Orders would be delivered to residents.