Dear Residents and Families of The Cardinal, We would like to provide everyone with an update on our current status as it relates to COVID-19. We appreciate your continued support over the past few weeks and thank you for your participation in our testing efforts on Monday. We are happy to report that almost all of our residents in Independent Living were tested this week and most of the results… Read More
Dear Residents, Families, and Associates of The Cardinal, I am sending this letter to inform you that we had two Independent Living Residents test positive for COVID-19 yesterday afternoon. These two residents reside in the same apartment and are currently isolating in their home. We strongly believe that these cases are related to the positive IL pool group we had last Monday, January 4th. On Friday, we re-tested several associates… 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
Residents and staff at The Cardinal are now prepared to start the process of administering the COVID-19 vaccine, with initial distribution set to start on Tuesday, January 5. While receiving the COVID-19 vaccination is entirely optional, Mary Casey, assistant executive director, said that most of the 200 residents want to get one. “We have our assignment schedule ready to go. We have our room diagram ready to go. We are… Read More
Dear Residents, Families, and Associates of The Cardinal, On Friday, we informed everyone that one of our pool groups in our pooled, saliva testing process returned a positive result. Everyone in that pool group, which consisted of 3rd party providers, was notified and individually tested last Friday. We have identified the 3rd party provider who is positive from that pool group and they are currently isolating at home. This private… Read More
Dear Residents, Families, and Associates of The Cardinal, Yesterday, North Carolina reported 4,296 new cases of COVID-19 and as of Wednesday of this week, our positivity rate was 8.3%. This percentage continues to rise and is heading in the wrong direction. Governor Cooper stated earlier this week that he is not ruling out new statewide restrictions if the data continues to trend in this direction. Last night, we learned that… Read More
Dear Residents, Families, and Associates of The Cardinal, I am sending this letter to inform you that a third-party personal service provider caring for the assisted living resident who recently tested positive and a healthcare associate of The Cardinal tested positive for COVID-19 as a result of our screening efforts on Saturday. Both of these individuals are currently isolating at home and are asymptomatic. Aligned with CDC protocols we are… Read More
Dear Residents, Families, and Associates of The Cardinal, I am sending this letter to inform you that as of late yesterday evening, we learned that a third-party, private duty caregiver providing services to residents in Independent Living tested positive for COVID-19. This personal service provider was last in the community on Sunday, November 1st. This caregiver wore a mask at all times and followed our COVID-19 protocols. Aligned with CDC… Read More
Dear Cardinal Residents and Family Members, Yesterday, North Carolina reported the highest, single-day number of new cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began with a total of 2,885 new cases. Our state continues to see a steady rise in the number of positive COVID-19 cases, which is discouraging, and currently 1,181 people across the state are hospitalized. Reports from this week also indicate that North Carolina is experiencing trends of… Read More
Dear Cardinal Residents and Family Members, Yesterday, North Carolina reported the highest, single-day number of new cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began back in March with a total of 2,532 new cases. Our state has seen a steady rise in the number of cases since Mid-September. Over the past few weeks, the rolling 7-day average of new cases has trended upward from approximately 1,200 cases per day to more… Read More