The Director of Care has tendered their resignation for January 26, 2022. Recruitment process will begin immediately. An Associate Director of Care position is currently posted that will focus on infection control.
Outbreak updates - four residents have tested positive for Covid 19, two cases have resolved. As of today, nineteen team members are affected, nine cases have resolved.
Staffing continues to be a challenge. With residents staying in their rooms and meal service to rooms, team members are managing. Residents are able to choose meal preferences to get what they want at point of service and are receiving hot meals and hot tea/coffee.
Family communication is continuing twice a week through email and a town hall was held last week with 42 families participating. Family Council is extremely active at this time, writing letters to the Provincial Government and the local Public Health Unit to support the removal of residents from isolation, with 96% of residents and 62% team members third dose vaccinated.
There has been two team member vaccination clinics held at the home. Vaccination policy has been revised, team members must be fully vaccinated by January 28th or provide proof third dose is scheduled before March 14th. Team members not third dose vaccinated by March 14th will be placed on a temporary leave of absence with a record of employment issued through infectious disease leave.
In terms of supplies - Public Health directed on January 11th the distribution of N95 masks to every team member - we had the adequate supply in house and every team member had been tested prior and new team members (in the last few months) were tested before meal service that day. Sienna is distributing the N95 as needed. All other supplies are good in our inventory.
Continued testing over the last two months twice a week, now testing is completed every shift of each team member.