COVID UPDATES will be suspended effective April 30, 2022. We will resume as/if needed. Thank you for your patience, caring thoughts and continued support.
COVID Update April 2022
We wrote in our March update: Well we have been here before……! We were referencing a break and slowdown in COVID infections during March. And of course we are here in April to report a new variant that is now spreading across the Country: Here’s what you need to know about BA.2 the new variant. …
COVID Update March 2022
Well we have been here before……! Community COVID cases at this writing have decreased week over week since our last report. We have been writing about the community effects and whether it is Flu or COVID what is in the community will make its way into a nursing home within the community. Our facility’s COVID …
COVID-19 Update February 2022
Dear Residents and Family Members & Staff, As we reported in the December-January update: The COVID Virus has mutated again and now we have the Emergence of Omicron. On November 24, 2021, a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). This new variant was first detected in specimens collected on November …
COVID-19 Update December – January 2022
Dear Residents, Family Members and & Staff, The COVID Virus has mutated again and now we have the Emergence of Omicron. On November 24, 2021, a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). This new variant was first detected in specimens collected on November 11, 2021 in Botswana and on November …
COVID UPDATE November 2021
BOOSTERS ANYONE? There is a lot in the news about Booster shots for the COVID vaccine. This doesn’t mean the vaccine isn’t working it is to boost the effects of the vaccine you already got. Think of it as taking another dose of Tylenol after a headache or fever. Booster shots – Who can get …
COVID UPDATE October 2021
An Ounce of Prevention (some notes are from the CDC) The United States recently surpassed 40 million COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, with more than 4 million of these cases reported in the past few weeks. COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths have generally increased throughout most of the country since the beginning of summer, …
August/September 2021 Covid Update
A major concern right now is Delta, a highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus strain, which was first identified in India in December. It then swept rapidly through that country and Great Britain as well. The first Delta case in the United States was diagnosed in March and it is now the dominant strain in the U.S. …
June 2021 Covid Update
Residents, Family Members, Staff and Visitors, We hope this posting finds you and your loved ones staying safe and healthy. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused tremendous disruption in each of our lives. As one of your health care providers or employer, we care deeply about your health and well-being. That’s why we are encouraging everyone …
May 2021 Covid Update
This chart was done by AHCA, a national association of Senior Health Care. What it shows is the dramatic decline of cases in both staff and resident infections in Nursing Homes of the COVID-19 virus. Our programs are working. We are winning the war against this virus. We (collectively) still have some work to do …
COVID-19 Update April 2021
Dear Residents, Family Members, and Employees, As of today there are three (3) different COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccines. Our Nursing Home had three (3) Government sponsored COVID Vaccine Clinics. Unfortunately those are done but the work continues on the vaccination front. The vaccine is working at protecting residents and everyone at a greater loss of death …
COVID-19 Update February/March 2021
Dear Residents, Family Members, and Employees, As I am sure you have heard, the FDA completed their review of two of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccines (and a third one coming soon) and the process started to get people vaccinated in late December and will continue through March in Long Term Care facilities. If you have …
