Continued Safety Precautions
We have been consistently monitoring the health of our residents. Each group of residents goes through screenings at various intervals depending on their current living arrangements:
- Online screening for staff implemented, thermometers and sanitizer at each location.
- Emergency team is monitoring daily updates and acting on new information.
- Managing PPE community wide, working local community for access to as much as possible, in need of hand made gowns as PPE is at a premium, the organization has a policy on when it will be used for residents and our staff campus wide.
- Screening Residents/Staff/Visitor (Skilled Nursing residents are screened 2x a day, Memory Support 1x day, Assisted Living 1x day, Independent Living weekly, staff every shift).
Added Safety Precautions
- We’re working with all of our residents to ensure that their health care decisions and advanced care planning is up-to-date across campus.
- We will be introducing enhanced screening for care givers/personal assistants/private duty at our 1919 location for Independent Living.
- We are respectfully requesting no visitors, and that families coming on the grounds to limit their numbers to 2 at a time, and observe social distancing standards. Personal visitation restrictions being considered (might restrict visitors to those who are only medically necessary).
- Preparing in advance with physician groups at Mercy and Spectrum Health, as well as outside emergency medical personal to enact protocols for safety of our staff and residents in the event that we will need to care for an influx of COVID cases.
Resources for everyone
Our medical insurance provider, UnitedHealthcare (UHC), has an Emotional Support Line available for anyone to call and
they do not have to be a UHC member. Best of all, it’s free!
This line is available 24/7, and staffed by professionally trained mental health experts. 866.342.6892
We are excited to announce that we are adding increased chaplaincy support, with an additional Chaplain starting this month.
For Employees, we’ve continued to provide emotional and practical help.
Last week, we made available subsidized childcare through another local business, Gilden Woods. We’re also continuing to provide 110 meals per day through our take-home meal program.
For our residents, we’ve also continued social and physical activity, while maintaining a safe distance:
1919 Independent Living:
- Hallway Games: Corn Hole & Ring Toss
- We are continuing to collect photos, artwork, and recipes for our residents to share with each other on our Activities web page
- Tulip Time Delivery: During our Friday weekly screenings, each resident received a Tulip
- Residents writing Thank You cards for our staff
1845 Assisted Living, Memory Support & Skilled Nursing:
- Room visits with crafts
- Daily devotionals
- Aerobics for Your Mind
- Assisted outdoor walks (AL)
- Residents writing Thank You cards for our staff
