HOSPITAL W2 – JANUARY 12, 2022 – COVID POSITIVE total = 1 staff

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COVID UPDATE – January 12, 2022 – COVID Positive = 1 staff

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff

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

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 12, 2022

We are sorry to report that we have a positive COVID staff member who worked on Menno Hospital W2.

  • Point Prevalence Testing on W2
  • Nursing will communicate with affected resident’s primary contact
  • Enhanced Monitoring until January 14th if no further spread of COVID
  • No group activities until January 14th
  • Stagger meal times and ensure physical distancing during meal times
  • Staff to add goggles to mask wearing
  • Screening twice per day for staff and residents

 

HOSPITAL E1 – JANUARY 12, 2022 (EVENING) – COVID POSITIVE total = 7 staff; 4 residents (11)

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COVID UPDATE – January 12, 2022 (Evening) – COVID Positive = 7 staff, 4 residents

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 staff + 4 residents

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 11 (4 residents | 7 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 12, 2022

We are sorry to report that we now have 4 residents who tested positive for COVID.

E1 Hospital is now on Blanket Precaution (a new term describing specific protocols)

All visits will be stopped except VERY ESSENTIAL visits

All communal activity including dining stopped

All residents placed on droplet precautions – isolation and full PPE for staff and essential visits

All families of affected residents will be contacted (primary contact).

Designated Social Visitor – Menno Home / Menno Hospital (Long-Term Care)

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Designated Social Visitors

Every resident in Menno Home and Menno Hospital is permitted ONE designated social visitor. This is in addition to any essential visitors who have been previously notified.

Some residents have a designated social visitor on record from a previous visiting time during the pandemic. For these residents, we have re-contacted the previous designated social visitor.

Others have joined our community in a time when this was not required, for these residents we have contacted the primary emergency contact as designated social visitor.

Questions? Please contact Garry Janzen, Life Enrichment Coordinator – 604.851.1332 | Garry.Janzen@MennoPlace.ca

  • If you are an essential visitor and wish to add a social visitor
  • If you are a primary contact and wish to know who the designated social visitor is for your loved one
  • If you wish to change the individual who is currently the designated social visitor (primary contact makes the change)

When can you visit?

Visitation Hosts are welcoming visitors at all entrances from 10am – 6pm every day of the week.

If you arrive outside of these hours, please anticipate a wait as the care team comes to screen and let you in.

Screening for Visitors:

Visitation Hosts have a current list of designated social visitors to permit for visits.

You must be fully vaccinated to enter a long-term care home (2 vaccination doses) and provide proof of vaccination.

You will be screened for symptoms of COVID, have your temperature taken and be given a rapid test (inventory permitting).

The rapid test is pain-free and takes 15 minutes for the results.

Please allow for this time prior to when your visit begins.

When you pass the screening with a negative rapid test will be permitted to enjoy a visit with your loved one.

You will be asked to use hand sanitizer and are required to wear a mask at all times during your visit.

FAQ:

How often can we change the designated social visitor?
Please call Garry Janzen to discuss any changes to the designated social visitor. At this time, with the high prevalence of COVID in the community, the protocols are intended to minimize the number of people who enter long-term care homes, reducing the opportunity for COVID to enter or be transmitted. As a result, changes to the designated social visitor will be made in the case of special circumstances.

How is the designated social visitor different than an essential visitor? 
An essential visitor has a role that is outlined in the resident’s care plan.

How do we know if our loved one has an essential visitor?
The essential visitor has been identified by the nursing team and notified of their designation.

How many designated social visitors can each resident have?
ONE designated social visitor per resident.

What if my loved one is palliative?
When a resident is palliative, all visitors are deemed essential and are permitted to visit.

Can we take our loved one on an outing?
At this time, we ask you to call the nurse to discuss any outings. The prevalence of COVID in our community is at a record-high and makes it much easier for an elderly senior to contract COVID and bring it into the Menno Place community. We do not recommend outings at this time.

Can we eat together on our visit? 
The resident does not have to wear a mask, so they may enjoy food and drink. The visitor must remain masked at all times with mask covering nose, mouth and chin. This does not allow for eating or drinking for the visitor.

Can a social visitor visit with multiple residents?
No. You may only visit with your loved one. Remain 6ft apart from all other residents and staff.

How long are these guidelines in effect?
Dr. Bonnie Henry, Public Health Officer will reassess these guidelines for essential and designated social visitors on January 18, 2022.

HOSPITAL E1 – JANUARY 12, 2022 – COVID POSITIVE total = 7 staff

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COVID UPDATE – January 12, 2022 – COVID Positive = 7 staff

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 staff

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

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 12, 2022

We now have 7 COVID positive staff who have worked on E1 Hospital. These new cases are not related to the index case or other cases on E1 Hospital. No residents are affected at this time. Staff who worked during infectious periods are all being tested for COVID. We are are not surprised that staff are contracting COVID, particularly the highly contagious omicron variant and the high prevalence of COVID in the community.

As long as the positive cases are only among staff, public health does not consider this an outbreak.

We continue on Enhanced Monitoring for E1 Hospital:

  • COVID testing for any staff or residents identified through contact tracing
  • Stop all group activities
  • Stagger meal times and ensure physical distancing during meal times
  • Staff to add goggles to mask wearing
  • Screening twice per day for staff and residents

Please call your loved one’s primary contact for information or call nursing on E1 if you are the primary contact seeking specific information about your loved one.

HOSPITAL E1 – JANUARY 6, 2022 – COVID POSITIVE = 1 staff; T= 4 staff

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COVID UPDATE – January 6, 2022 – COVID Positive = 4 staff

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 4 (0 residents | 4 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 6, 2022

We have 1 new case of COVID in a staff member who worked on E1 Hospital. This case is not related to the index (initial) case which means that the transmission didn’t occur from the index case. With record numbers of COVID cases in the community, we are not surprised that staff are contracting COVID, particularly the highly contagious omicron variant.

As long as the positive cases are only among staff, public health does not consider this an outbreak.

Please call your loved one’s primary contact for information or call nursing on E1 if you are the primary contact seeking specific information about your loved one.

HOSPITAL E1 – JANUARY 4, 2022 – COVID POSITIVE = 3 staff

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COVID UPDATE – January 4, 2022 – COVID Positive = 3 staff

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 staff

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

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 4, 2022

We have two new cases of COVID in staff members who worked on E1 Hospital. One case is a contact of the index case. The other is not a contact of the index case.

We have tested 12 residents and 15 staff for COVID. Primary contacts have been notified.

As long as the positive cases are only among staff, public health does not consider this an outbreak.

Please call your loved one’s primary contact for information or call nursing on E1 if you are the primary contact seeking specific information about your loved one.

HOSPITAL E1 – JANUARY 3, 2022 – COVID POSITIVE = 1 staff

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COVID UPDATE – January 3, 2022 – COVID Positive = 1 staff

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff

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

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 3, 2022

  • We will be testing 12 residents and staff who worked on Dec 31st and Jan 1st day shift with close contact with staff member
  • All exposed residents are booster vaccinated, so no isolation at this times, except when symptomatic.
  • Stop all group activities
  • Stagger meal times and ensure physical distancing during meal times
  • Staff to add goggles to mask wearing
  • Screening twice per day for staff and residents
  • If no further spread from this case, these measures can be stopped after 7 days of exposure( Jan 8th)

Visits to Menno Home and Menno Hospital – What changes January 1, 2022?

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January 1 – 18 (date of reassessment) – Essential Visitors Only in long-term care – Menno Home and Menno Hospital

Only Essential visitors may enter long-term care homes effective January 1, 2022. This order from Dr. Bonnie Henry will be reassessed on January 18th.

Essential visitors are only set up with the nursing team in conjunction with the resident’s care plan. Essential visitors are being contacted by our nursing team – these visitors are based on the current resident care plan. Screening and rapid testing (2x per week) will be required for all essential visitors.

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-bringing-back-visitor…
Assisted Living: Social visits permitted with negative rapid test
Independent Living: Self-Screening for visitors. Rapid tests not available at this time due to limited inventory.
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What is an essential visit? (Fraser Health definition): Essential visits are necessarily linked with an essential need identified in the care plan that could not be met in the absence of the essential visit. Essential visits are those that include, but are not limited to2:
• Visits for compassionate care, including critical illness, palliative care, hospice care, end of life
• Visits paramount to the resident’s physical care and mental well-being, including:
o Assistance with feeding
o Assistance with mobility
o Assistance with personal care
o Communication assistance for persons with hearing, visual, speech, cognitive, intellectual or memory impairments
o Assistance by designated representatives for persons with disabilities, including provision of emotional support
• Visits for supported decision making
• Visits required to move belongings in or out of resident’s room
• Police, correctional officers and peace officers accompanying a resident for security reasons

Add 15 minutes BEFORE your visit – Point-of-Care Rapid Testing is Now Mandatory for all Visitors to LTC and AL

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Effective immediately:
A rapid test with a negative result is required to enter Menno Home, Menno Hospital or Terrace East.
This is by order of the Public Health Officer.

Visiting Hours:
The COVID rapid test will be provided by the Visitation Host between 10am and 6pm. Phone the nurse to arrange a visit outside of these hours for essential visitors.

In order to enter, you must show proof of vaccination, government issued ID card and a negative rapid test result.

Please watch these two short videos on how to perform a Rapid Point-of-Care test:
CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO

From the Ministry of Health:
In recognition of the increased transmissibility of the Omicron variant of concern and given the vulnerability of the Omicron variant of concern and given the vulnerability of residents in long-term care and assisted living, even when fully vaccinated themselves, individuals visiting long-term care homes (both essential and social visitors) must be screened for COVID-19 by receiving a rapid point-of-care (POC) test prior to their visit.

Rapid POC tests provide the opportunity to rapidly screen people for COVID-19, with results ready in approximately 20 minutes. These tests can help reduce the potential for introduction and spread of COVID-19 in long-term care. The rapid POC screening requirement for all visitors is in addition to the current requirements for visitors to be fully vaccinated and to adhere to infection prevention and control measures.

Visitors who receive a positive rapid POC test result, choose not to receive a rapid POC test, or who do not demonstrate that they are fully vaccinated will not be able to enter the long-term care or assisted living building, including passing through the facility to access an outdoor space.

There are no exceptions to the rapid POC screening requirement based on medical exemption from vaccination, essential or social visitor status, including compassionate visits related to end-of-life. The rapid POC screening requirement in long-term care excludes children under age 12.

  • Visitors who receive a negative test result, provide proof of full vaccination, and are compliant with masking requirements and other infection control practices will be able to enter a facility.
  • Visitors who are screened as having symptoms or who receive a positive test result will not be able to enter a facility. They are required to self-isolate and seek further direction from public health. Their test result must be reported to Public Health.
  • Individuals who receive an inconclusive test result will be required to undergo another rapid POC test.
  • There are no exceptions to the rapid POC screening requirement based on medical exemption from vaccination, essential or social visitor status, including compassionate visits related to end-of-life. Rapid POC screening in long-term care and assisted living excludes children under age 12.

We thank you for all your hard work in keeping yourself safe, and in caring for your loved one in a time that is stressful and ever-changing.

Sharon Simpson
Director, Community Enrichment

HOSPITAL E1 – December 23, 2021- ENHANCED MONITORING – COVID POSITIVE STAFF = 1

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COVID UPDATE – December 23, 2021 – E1 Hospital Enhanced Monitoring

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 staff or residents

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

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = December 16, 2021

All results of the initial COVID testing came back negative for residents and staff.

One visitor tested positive through the rapid testing process.

Enhanced monitoring continues. If there are no further COVID positive staff or residents, we expect that we may come off of Enhanced Monitoring on December 26th.