Dear Residents and Families of The Cardinal, Approximately one year ago today, life at The Cardinal drastically changed as our state, nation, and the world began reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have been reflecting on all that our community has gone through over the course of this challenging year and we are so fortunate to have such an incredible group of residents and associates who supported us throughout it… 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
Dear Residents and Families of The Cardinal, We want to thank everyone for their support and most importantly, their participation in this week’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic. CVS administered 500 doses of the vaccine to residents, Cardinal associates, and 3rd party essential caregivers. We could not be more pleased with how smoothly and efficiently things went on Tuesday and CVS did not have to waste as single dose. Many associates and… Read More
Dear Residents and Families of The Cardinal, We have been busy preparing for our COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Tuesday, February 2nd and we anticipate vaccinating over 500 individuals (residents, Cardinal associates, and 3rd party providers). All residents should have completed their consent forms this week and received their scheduled appointment time for Tuesday’s clinic. If you have not completed your consent form, please stop by the front desk anytime before… Read More
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