Dear All Residents and Families of Drake Terrace, I would like to provide an update on recent events and other information to help you stay informed on all things Drake Terrace. Allow me to begin with some people updates. We have been so pleased to have Esmeralda Morebeck and Loata Toale join our Assisted Living team! They are back from offsite onboarding and at the community full time now. With… Read More
Woodland Terrace: Update From The Executive Director
Dear Woodland Terrace Associates, Residents and Families, In previous updates I shared our plans for community-wide testing at Woodland Terrace, to enhance our ability to identify the presence of Covid-19 early, and minimize exposure, especially in asymptomatic cases. Part of that plan involved ramping up our testing should we have a positive case. I am sharing that as of today we now have one positive associate case. With this positive… Read More
First Colonial Inn: Update From The Executive Director
Dear Residents, Families, and Associates of First Colonial Inn, I am happy to share that we made it through the fast-moving storm, Isaias, safely today. We had some tree branches come down, but that was the worst of it. I hope that all our FCI families stayed safe and were spared of any damage as well. Regarding COVID-19, three of the four associates who had previously tested positive have recovered… Read More
Byron Park: Update From The Executive Director
Dear Residents, Families, and Associates of Byron Park, I would like to update you on that status of COVID-19 cases and other related information. As a reminder we recently identified an outbreak at Byron Park. Three test results from our 7/24/20 testing are unfortunately still pending. This includes 2 residents and 1 associate. Results from our 7/31/2020 testing are also still pending. As of today, we have 11 active cases… Read More
The Fountains: Update From The Executive Director
Dear Residents, Families, Associates, and friends of The Fountains: The community is fully prepared for hurricane Isaias. We started our hurricane prep earlier in the week to be sure The Fountains is totally ready no matter what comes our way. This early approach gives our associates enough time to go home to take care of their personal property and to have the opportunity to help their loved ones, friends and… Read More
Park Terrace: Update From The Executive Director
Good afternoon everyone, We began our second round of testing this past Monday. We have tested all Cottage residents and 80% of the associates for the community. We did have one resident whose results were positive. This resident has temporarily left the community and will return when we receive negative test results. By conducting this surveillance testing of all residents and associates we are able to discover COVID positive individuals… Read More
BridgePoint at Los Altos: Update From The Executive Director
Dear Residents, Families, and Associates of BridgePoint at Los Altos: All residents and associates received negative COVID results from the mass COVID test on July 22nd. The one positive result received was for a third party outside agency worker. Our next mass COVID test for residents and staff will be tomorrow, July 31st between 8:30 am and 11:30 am. Residents are to stay in their apartment until a Bridgepoint associate… Read More
Byron Park: Update From The Executive Director
Dear Residents, Families, and Associates of Byron Park, I would like to update you on that status of COVID-19 cases and other related information. As a reminder we recently identified an outbreak at Byron Park. As of today, we have 15 active cases. 11 are resident cases: 9 residents in our assisted living neighborhood are in stable condition and sheltering in their apartment with mild symptoms or are asymptomatic, 1… Read More
Abbotswood at Irving Park: Update From The Executive Director
Dear Residents, Families, and Associates of Abbotswood at Irving Park; I would like to update you on that status of COVID-19 cases and other related information. As a reminder we recently identified an outbreak within our Parkside portion of The Elms memory care neighborhood. As of today, we have 16 active cases: 2 residents have fully recovered and cleared, 9 residents are in stable condition and quarantined within the Elms… Read More
Emerald Court: Update From The Executive Director
Hello Everyone: As you know, Orange County (as well as the entire State of California) is experiencing a significant increase in Covid-19 cases. Public Health officials warn that positivity rates at 5% (and above) are concerning and represent a high prevalence of the virus in the general public. Currently, the positivity rate in California is at 8%. Because of this, we have instituted a Surveillance testing protocol to test 25%… Read More