Residents and Family Members,
We continue to be COVID free on the Campus. On Tuesday, we hosted the National Guard to assist with COVID testing for residents and staff who desired to be tested. The majority of tests were conducted in the Chateau parking lot and residents who were tested at this location enjoyed the opportunity to get out of the building and visit with others (strict social distancing and masks were utilized). Some residents chose not to go outside and were tested by our staff after education from the Guard on the procedure.
This is another expectation of the testing program that our staff receive training on the correct procedures and handling of samples from the test. We expect the results from the state lab in the next few days. Currently, the census in local hospitals of positive or presumptive COVID patients is 1 individual reported in Parkview and 0 in St Mary Corwin.
We began outdoor visitation on Jun 27 th. As expected, we did learn from the initial visits and are sharing lessons learned with our procedures in the attempt to reduce some of the frustration surrounding the process. I remind you these procedures were put in place to meet State requirements to host the visits. Most of our visits were without issue; however, we did have some that were not as expected by the family. Please review the process to reduce the stress on all involved. We have no additional resources to support the visits and to enable a positive experience, I ask that you follow our procedure so we can ensure staff availability to support the visit.
- Contact the facility Mon – Fri between 8:30 and 4 pm at 719-544-1173 to schedule your visit.
- No more than 2 visitors at a time for 15 minutes.
- Review the following information addressing self-screening prior to visit, social distancing, and mask-wearing. Contact us prior to your visit with any questions.
- You will be met outside our main entrances for each facility by staff at your designated visit time.
- At this time, we will screen you for symptoms and perform temperature checks in accordance with current CDC guidelines.
- Any visitor with symptoms in the previous 14 days will not be able to visit and any resident who is currently in isolation will not be able to participate in outdoor visits.
- All visitors must wear a face mask or cloth face covering.
- All visitors will need to supply name and contact information should contact tracing become necessary.
- You will be directed to the visitation area by the screening staff member.
- To facilitate our ability to prepare for visits, we have removed much of the furniture so please bring your own chair if you desire to sit during your visit. If you bring a chair, please ensure you have cleaned & disinfected the item before entering the visitation area.
- State clarification provided today specifically stated you must remain 6 feet from all parties participating in the visit. No touching is allowed. Again, these procedures are put in place to meet the requirements mandated by the State to facilitate outdoor visitation.
If you have any questions on how to schedule a visit or how to safely execute seeing a resident please contact us at 719-544-1173
