We our dedicated to staying on top of the latest health care industry breakthroughs and developments. Below you will find a selection of articles related to our center, the skilled nursing care industry and other health care related news from around the world.
December 22, 2020. Dear Families, We received confirmation that the COVID vaccination date is on 12/30/2020. The second dose is scheduled for 1/20/2021. We are attempting to expedite in obtaining consents for COVID vaccine for our residents. We will be calling you to obtain verbal consent. Two nurses are required to hear the verbal consents.… Continue Reading Continue reading
December 15, 2020. Dear Families, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found a COVID-19 vaccine to be safe and effective, and our facility will be able to give the vaccine to residents. This is very encouraging news. We will begin giving the first dose of vaccine to our residents on 12/30/2020 and the… Continue Reading Continue reading
December 9, 2020 Dear Families, We hope all of you are staying healthy and safe. Attached please find the newsletter. At present we have 4 resident with the virus. We continue to test our residents. No new positive residents from 12/2 20 testing. We will discuss additional guidance from DPH and questions you may have… Continue Reading Continue reading
Please see the below for an Update on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Facility Sheet… Continue reading
November 23, 2020 Dear Families, We hope this email find you safe and healthy. As you may have seen, more than 60% of Connecticut nursing homes now have at least one COVID-19 positive resident and/or employee. Community spread of this insidious virus is affecting nearly every community in our immediate region and the state.… Continue Reading Continue reading
Please see the attached letter from the Connecticut Department of Health regarding staying safe and healthy during the upcoming Holiday Season. https://athenahealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11-20-20-letter-to-LTC.fam_.holiday.pdf… Continue reading
11/19/20 Dear Families, We hope this email finds you safe and healthy. We continue to test our staff weekly required by DPH As you know many of the nursing homes in Connecticut are affected by COVID -19. Sadly, several of our residents and staff members are affected by this virus. The positive residents are quarantined… Continue Reading Continue reading
November 11, 2020 Dear Families, As always, our team and I hope this email finds you safe and healthy. We continue testing our staff and residents weekly as required by CMS, CDC and DPH. Last week, more than 50 nursing homes across the state reported staff and/or new resident cases of COVID-19 in their centers.… Continue Reading Continue reading
October 28, 2020 Dear Families, As always, our team and I hope this email finds you safe and healthy. We are happy to report that we remain COVID free. We continue to follow CMS, CDC and DPH guidelines. Starting November 1st, staff testing will be conducted weekly. Although we are following social distance guidelines, handwashing… Continue Reading Continue reading
October 16, 2020 Dear Families, As always, our team and I hope this email finds you safe and healthy. We continue testing our staff and residents at regular intervals as required by CMS, CDC and DPH. We are happy to report that we remain COVID free! Although we are following social distance guidelines, handwashing protocols,… Continue Reading Continue reading
