January 15, 2020 Dear Families, As always, we hope this letter finds you safe and healthy as we begin the New Year! On our last routine testing of staff of residents we had 2 residents test positive. The COVID-19 vaccination was administered at our center to staff and residents on 01/03/2021. The second dose… Continue Reading Continue reading
Dear Families and Friends, We have had a few more residents come back positive for COVID. In conjunction with the Rhode Island Department of Health we have decided to stop sending the residents to our sister facility and instead house them on our 2nd floor that we have turned into an isolation unit. Having… Continue Reading Continue reading
Dear Families and Friends, I hope everyone’s holiday was filled with cheer. I wanted to send another update to let everyone know we had a few additional COVID positive residents over the holiday. These were from the same round of testing as the email from the other day. Everyone else from that round has… Continue Reading Continue reading
Dear Families, I would like to let you know that we did have a resident test positive for COVID-19 this morning. From reviewing other test results and from doing contact tracing, we believe the resident must have come in contact with the virus outside of this building when they were out on a medically necessary… Continue Reading Continue reading
December 8, 2020 Dear Families, As always, our team and I hope this email finds you safe and healthy. We have had 3 positive employees on our last round of routine testing. With the increase of community spread, these numbers are not abnormal, and our goal still remains minimizing and mitigating the… Continue Reading Continue reading
Please see the below for an Update on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Facility COVID Info Sheet… Continue reading
Dear Families, I wanted to reach out to continue to stay in touch during these times. We have had another positive staff member – but it was not someone who is a direct care giver. In addition, I wanted to keep you in the loop about what we are doing to help the… Continue Reading Continue reading
November 20, 2020 Dear Families, As always, our team and I hope this email finds you safe and healthy. As of today, we have 2 positive staff members. During this time of rapid increase in community spread – staff positives are inevitable, and our main goals still include rapid identification and minimizing… Continue Reading Continue reading
November 13, 2020 Dear Families, As always, our team and I hope this email finds you safe and healthy. We have no positive residents or new positive staff. We will continue testing and reporting at regular intervals as required by CMS, CDC and RIDOH. Last week, nursing homes and assisted livings… Continue Reading Continue reading
November 6, 2020 Dear Families, As always, our team and I hope this email finds you safe and healthy. We have had no new positives cases of COVID. We will continue testing and reporting at regular intervals as required by CMS, CDC and DPH. As I have said in previous emails,… Continue Reading Continue reading
