May 17, 2021 Dear Families, We hope this week’s weather forecast remains true – as warmer days are ahead of us. This means more time outside in the fresh air for our residents! We encourage you to take a advantage of the weather and schedule an outside visit with your loved one if possible. By… Continue Reading Continue reading
May 10, 2021 Dear Families, This week, we celebrate National Skilled Nursing Care Week (formerly National Nursing Home Week). This year’s theme is “Together Through the Seasons.” NSNCW began on Sunday, May 9, Mother’s Day and runs through May 15. The theme will honor the collaborative commitment of our staff in providing compassionate care to… Continue Reading Continue reading
May 3, 2021 Dear Families, This week, we celebrate National Nurses Week, which begins on May 6th each year since 1974 and ends on May 12th, in honor of Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Next week, we begin celebrating National Skilled Nursing Care Week (formerly National Nursing Home Week). This year’s theme is… Continue Reading Continue reading
April 23, 2020 Dear Families, Here we are, another week closer to warmer, spring-like weather. Great news for us all to get back outside and enjoy the fresh air and some sunshine. As we have mentioned before in these updates, our outside visits remain the recommended means of visitation for nursing home residents and… Continue Reading Continue reading
April 15, 2020 Dear Families, We hope this email finds you healthy and as optimistic as we are about the continuing decline in COVID cases in our surrounding community. Considering these encouraging numbers, we will begin to take a slightly different approach with these weekly email updates to you, focusing more on recreation activities taking… Continue Reading Continue reading
April 6, 2020 Dear Families, Indoor visits Temporarily on hold as we have a Covid-19 positive staff member as of April 6, 2021. She received her first vaccine and did not receive the second vaccine. We will resume visits on Monday April 12, 2021 when all results for residents will be completed by Griffin Hospital.… Continue Reading Continue reading
March 31, 2021 Dear Families, Overall, no significant changes to our center or our visitation plans, which are based on our state’s response to the CDC and CMS guidance. Please note that over the past week, our community has seen an uptick in positive cases. We continue to monitor these numbers and urge you to… Continue Reading Continue reading
Good Morning, This is to notify you that indoor visits are cancelled until Monday March 29th , as long as the next round of testing for residents is negative. We had a positive staff member that did not have any contact with the residents. We will do a complete resident testing through Griffin Hospital on… Continue Reading Continue reading
Click below for an update on our visitation plan, based on CT DPH and CDC guidance, effective 3/16/2021: Visitation Guidance (CT)… Continue reading
March 15, 2021 Dear Families, As always, our team and I hope this email finds you safe and healthy. Our current COVID status is that effective today we are once again COVID+ free. The two staff members have returned to work after their quarantine and the one resident is resolved. As you well know, last… Continue Reading Continue reading
