Visits Update – Home and Hospital – August 5, 2020

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We are having a great time with the safe visits for residents and their family members. A few updates:

  • We are booking visits on ONE unit at a time – for example, ALL visits in Menno Home yesterday were with E1 residents and their loved ones. All visits in Menno Hospital yesterday were with E1 residents and their loved ones. We had 12 visits yesterday, facilitated by our amazing Visitation Hosts, Nikki and Isaiah.
  • We are phoning spouses for first opportunity for visits but not all are available, so we have had many visits with children and loved ones who are not spouses. This has been a privilege to facilitate!
  • There is some incorrect information floating around that we are only allowing visits for residents with spouses. This is NOT correct. We did prioritize those visits as the first ones, recognizing the unique distress that a spouse is experiencing in not seeing their spouse for this length of time.
  • We will do the testing on the online booking calendar today and will give you an update about this shortly. This is the same kind of calendar that you are currently using to book your Zoom visits. There will be a confirmation of your booking AND you must be the ONE designated visitor to have your booking confirmed. This idea of ONE designated visitor (for all visits) is an order from Fraser Health and the Public Health Officer.
  • Thank you for your support and patience in all of this. We are excited that our visits have been safe and meaningful for families and residents.

If you haven’t already found it, please join the Family, Friends and Residents Facebook Group – you have to make a request to join and must have a Facebook profile. There is a lot of information and conversation that you will find helpful in this group – here is the link – CLICK HERE