Dear Residents, Families, Associates, and Friends of The Fountains; Last week we received a positive result in one of our associates pooled saliva groups. The community completed PCR testing right away. We currently have two associates in our wellness department and one associate in our assisted living department that tested positive for COVID-19. Thankfully, we complete weekly pooled saliva test because these associates do not have any symptoms and no… Read More

Dear Residents, Families, Associates, and Friends of The Fountains; We received the results of this week’s community pooled saliva tests and all residents, associates, and private caregivers tested negative. Great Job, Everyone! We continue to have no residents test positive for COVID-19, and one assisted living associate currently out due to testing positive. This associate is feeling better and hopefully will return to work next week. Over half of our… Read More

Dear Residents, Families, Associates, and Friends of The Fountains; Weekly we complete a free COVID-19 pooled saliva testing for all who live, work, and enter the community for private care. We continue to have no residents that have tested positive at this time. We have one assisted living associate that has tested positive for COVID-19. We completed the contact tracing and confirmed this associate wore their face mask at all… Read More

Dear Residents, Families, Associates, and Friends of The Fountains; We started our new COVID-19 pooled saliva testing Monday for all who live, work, and enter the community for private care. This weekly testing is provided by the community at no charge and will help us identify a potential outbreak quickly. Unfortunately, when testing associates, we tested those who had previously tested positive for COVID-19 within 90 days and were not… Read More

Dear Residents, Families, Associates, and Friends of The Fountains; We continue to have no associates or residents that have tested positive for COVID-19. On October 5th we will start our community COVID-19 testing for all residents, associates and private caregivers. This testing will enable us to identify a potential positive case quickly to slow the spread. This weekly community testing method will give residents peace of mind as they leave… Read More

Dear Residents, Families, Associates, and Friends of The Fountains; We currently have no associates or residents that have tested positive for COVID-19. As of September 15th Florida stopped the mandatory COVID-19 testing for all staff in senior and higher level of living communities. The Fountains anticipated this change and is about to start community wide testing for our associates and residents. We will utilize “pooled saliva” as our testing method… Read More

Dear Residents, Families, Associates, and Friends of The Fountains; We currently have 1 associate in our assisted living department that tested positive for COVID-19. This associate remains out of the community but is doing well. We are working on a new type of testing for our residents and associates. This testing will allow us to test residents and associates several times weekly to identify an issue quickly and prevent illness… Read More

Dear Residents, Families, Associates, and Friends of The Fountains; We currently have 1 associate in our assisted living department that has tested positive for COVID-19. We believe this associate has been compliant with all hygiene protocols, mask-wearing, and all sanitation best practices. This associate will remain out of the community until fully recovered. As we navigate through these unusual times, we continue to look for ways to keep our community… Read More