Sagewood residents and families, I wanted to send another update before the weekend. Today, we had two additional residents test positive for COVID. This is in addition to the four residents who tested positive earlier this week. In total, we have received six positive COVID test results. The four residents who tested positive earlier this week have been transferred to a designated COVID rehab facility. The two residents who we… Read More
Dear Cardinal Residents and Family Members, Earlier this week, the state Department of Health and Human Services launched a free app that alerts people when they may have been exposed to COVID-19. The app is called SlowCOVIDNC and uses Google and Apple’s Exposure Notification System (ENS) to alert users if they have come into close contact with someone who tests positive. This app is anonymous and does not collect, store,… Read More
Dear Residents, Families and Associates of Abbotswood Irving Park: As we continue the path of managing through the Covid-19 pandemic, the safety and health of our residents and associates remains our foremost priority. While we have seen some encouraging news in recent weeks, its is imperative that we remain cautious. The health and well-being of our residents and our “Abbotswood Heroes” must continue to be our number one priority. We… Read More
Dear Residents and Families of Heritage Greens: From the beginning of the pandemic we hoped for a sprint but prepared for a marathon here at Heritage Greens. As the pandemic has dragged on, we have been working diligently behind the scenes to address a variety of issues from making sure we had plenty of PPE on hand to planning Dining and Activities safely within our bubble here. While some of… Read More
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Dear Residents, Associates, and Family Members of Drake Terrace: I would like to update you on the status of last week’s COVID-19 testing. We completed testing on Saturday 9/12/2020 and unfortunately, we had two positive cases from our associates. The first case was identified prior to all the results coming in when an associate from the Assisted Living department reported being exposed outside of work to someone who tested positive… Read More
Dear Residents, Families, and Associates of Abbotswood Irving Park: We had a great week this week while celebrating National Assisted Living Week, Spirit Week and Farm to Table theme day. Our produce vendor, Pride of the Morning provided the produce for our “mini produce market”. Chef Chris used the fresh local produce to make quesadillas for everyone. Thank you to the Wellness and Dining Depts for all your efforts in… 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, and Associates of First Colonial Inn, I am pleased to share that the FCI associates and employees of Silver Strands Salon and Genesis Rehab who were tested in last week’s COVID-19 surveillance testing received negative results. Thus far we have randomly tested 40 people with all negative results. Our next testing will be held next week on Wednesday, 9/23. This testing allows us to keep a pulse… Read More
When looking into senior living for yourself or a loved one, we realize there are many options, including type of community, levels of care, contracts and care plans, price and ultimately finding a home that just “feels right”. Nowadays, we also worry about whether it is safe to move into a retirement community during this time of COVID infections. As a starting point, we are happy to report that we… Read More