Dear Residents & Families of Abbotswood at Stonehenge, I have a couple of updates for you regarding the dining room reopening and mail delivery at the community. Just a few days after reopening the dining room for daily meal service, the decision was made to close it temporarily while we responded to some COVID-19 cases among 3 individuals who work for and with our residents. Recent nasal swab testing has… Read More
Magnolia Glen: Update From The Executive Director
Dear Residents and Families of Magnolia Glen, We have dramatically increased our COVID-19 testing over the past week as a result of a positive resident saliva pool and a positive associate saliva pool. I wanted to provide everyone an update on where we stand in terms of the testing results: We currently have 1 resident in assisted living who is positive for COVID-19. The resident is being cared for at… Read More
Drake Terrace: Update From The Executive Director
Dear Residents, Associates, and Family Members of Drake Terrace: I would like to update you on our current COVID-19 status. We completed a round of covid tests last Friday. Late last night we received some test results and more have started trickling in. As of this letter we have 4 additional positive results. 2 of the cases are care associates, both are symptomatic and are off the schedule to recover… Read More
The Fountains: Update From The Executive Director
Dear Residents, Families, Associates, and Friends of The Fountains; Weekly we receive the results of our community pooled saliva testing. There are no residents or private caregivers that tested positive for COVID-19 at this time. We did receive a positive result in one of our associate testing pools. We completed PCR tests on all associates in that group. One of our wellness associates has tested positive for COVID-19. We conducted… Read More
Park Terrace: Update From The Executive Director
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
Abbotswood at Irving Park: Update From The Executive Director
Holiday Happenings! Please join us for a visit with Santa and get your picture taken during our “Festival of Lights” drive-thru event on Monday December 7 from 5-7 p.m. Santa will be in front of The Elms. This visit will be outside and social distanced. Please wear your mask. You will be able to pull over during the “Festival of Lights” drive-thru and we will take your 2020 picture with Santa! … Read More
Byron Park: Update From The Executive Director
Dear Residents, Families, and Associates of Byron Park, On Friday November 20th, 2020, we shared that one of the associate pools tested positive for COVID19 from our Thursday November 19th pooled testing date. We immediately began individual nasal PCR testing for associates and were able to identify one associate who was positive for COVID-19. In partnership with the healthcare authorities (Contra Costa Public Health) and the Department of Social Services,… Read More
Spotlight On Sagewood and Cedarwood Pooled Testing
Fox 13 in Salt Lake City, Utah, spoke with the teams at Sagewood at Daybreak and Cedarwood at Sandy about their COVID-19 pooled testing. Executive Directors Wade Vest and Jesse Buntjer talk about the unique approach each community is taking to keep their residents and associates safe and secure. Two Utah senior living communities are starting to reopen and allow more visitors and activities to happen, thanks to their coronavirus… Read More
Magnolia Glen: Update From The Executive Director
Dear Residents, Associates, Friends, and Families of Magnolia Glen: On November 24, 2020 I communicated the fact we experienced a positive hit for COVID-19 in our assisted living resident saliva pool as well as our vendor saliva pool. Once we received the results from the pooled saliva testing, we immediately began the process of testing each individual with PCR esophageal tests to identify any individuals with active COVID-19. Below are… Read More
The Cardinal at North Hills: Update From The Executive Director
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