Dear All Residents, Associates and Families of Byron Park,
On Friday July 17th we began our 2nd round of associate testing and our initial baseline testing of residents. Testing results continue to trickle in due to the high volume of testing in our state and industry.
We’ve had a 4th associate test positive during this 2nd round of testing. The first 2 associates have recovered and cleared by Public Health. We now have two active Covid positive associate cases. Results for residents and associates are still slowly coming in. A summary of results will be provided in our Friday update.
In partnership with Public Health, we identified the associate to not have been in the community during the exposure window. Community Care Licensing was also notified.
As a reminder any resident with a positive result will be shared in real time with the resident and their responsible party via phone. We can also assist with notification to your medical provider. A same day notice will be shared as we have done in the past. Due to the volume of people being tested, we are only calling for positive results. A summary of completed and pending tests will be updated in our standard Friday notice.
We will continue to partner with Contra Costa Public Health’s Communicable Disease Program, John Muir Covid19 support team and community care licensing during this shelter in place and monitoring period.
The protocols that we put into place earlier, continue to remain in place. These include restricting visitors, monitoring each resident and associate for temperature and respiratory symptoms, suspending all meal service and activities, and increased disinfecting of all high-traffic/high-touch areas.
For the safety of all residents and as directed by Public Health, we will continue to require all residents to shelter in place. The resumption of outdoor dining, group wellness opportunities and masked and socially distant visitation, fitness center and pool access can occur once we have completed 2 weeks of mass testing with negative results.
1. Week 2 Testing – Friday July 24th, 2020 9:00am to 5:00pm
a. Resident Testing will be done in their apartment between 8:00am and 3:30pm
b. Associates Only – Friday July 24th, 2020 8:00am to 12:00pm
i. Saturday July 25th 12:00pm to 4:00pm – Byron Park Associate 2nd Option
We thank each of you for your continued support, partnership and commitment to our 4 pillars of safety which are – washing your hands frequently, complete our daily health screening and report when you are not feeling well, wear a mask for the entire duration you are in any common area or with other people and stay six feet physically distant. If you have any comments, questions, or concerns please reach our directly.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Pastora
Executive Director