Good afternoon everyone, June is many things! And this year the longest day of the year, the first day of Summer, Father’s Day AND our, Park Terrace’s 21st Birthday are all on the same day! Sunday, June 20th. We are celebrating with barbecue food, we cannot yet do the actual barbecue; however that is not stopping us from serving some of your favorites, like Barbecue Brisket, Baby Back Ribs, Fried… Read More
Good afternoon everyone, The weather is finally warming up, hopefully not too much… and it is great to see more families coming to visit. Mother’s Day is next Sunday, May 9th. Lunch is from 11:15am – 1:30pm. Please let us know if you will be joining us or taking your loved one out. Our guest policy is still in place. We have received the responses from the family survey, and… Read More
Good afternoon everyone, On a positive note… we have not had any positive cases since February 1st! Our goal now is to keep it that way. Everyone is enjoying time spent amongst friends throughout the community. The dining rooms are busy, and people are having fun just living their active lives again. They are ready for all our outings which begin in April and especially the shopping trips! It has… Read More
President and CEO, Andy Kohlberg, shares an updated message on PCR testing, vaccinations, and Kisco Confidence as we approach one year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At Kisco Senior Living, our top priority is and will always be the health and well-being of residents and associates. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Kisco has gone above and beyond to implement protocols that exceed what is required to minimize the spread of COVID-19 and maximize containment. We have conducted more than 120,000 tests using pooled saliva PCR testing on a twice weekly basis across all our communities,… Read More
Good afternoon everyone, We have just completed day one of the vaccine clinic and most everything went well. We have approximately 170 people who have been vaccinated. The balance of the individuals wishing to have the vaccine will have their opportunity tomorrow, Friday the 22nd. I have received many positive comments from the residents on their experience. They were all very excited to receive their vaccine. I want to thank… Read More
Good afternoon everyone, We have received individual tests back from both residents and associates. The results are five new residents, including a Cottage resident, and five associates who are positive. With continued efforts to determine the movement of the virus, we have discovered many of the positive residents had been visiting each other in their apartments. With this information we did rapid tests of residents known to have prolonged contact… Read More
Over the past nine months, close to 300,000 Americans have lost their lives due to Covid-19. Less than 1% of the US population is over 80 years of age, yet this segment represents over 40% of those who have been killed by this deadly disease. At Kisco our top priority from the beginning of the pandemic has been to keep residents and associates as safe as possible, and we are… Read More
Good afternoon everyone, I have just been given an Order by the OC Health Care Agency that upon having a positive CoVID case from either an employee or resident we are to immediately cancel all communal dining and indoor communal activities within 24 hours. It is also strongly recommended that we cancel these activities without a positive case. The Order will be lifted if the positive cases in Orange County… Read More
Good afternoon everyone, The Governor has just enacted the Regional Stay at Home Order effective at 12:59pm today in an effort to slow the rising number of the Corona virus cases. This was triggered by the available ICU beds in our region (Southern California) falling below the 15% mark. This Order will remain in place for three weeks. The ICU bed availability will be continuously monitored and dictate any further… Read More