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August 06, 2021

August 6, 2021 Dear Residents and Families, The purpose of this letter is to communicate updates regarding our covid-19 reporting and the actions we continue to take to combat and protect our community. Today, we received notice from the Commonwealth that York County’s Covid positivity rate is at 6.3% and Adams County is at 7.7%. A County positivity rate of 5% or greater does require the facility to take additional precautions. Effective Monday, August 9, we will test all non-vaccinated staff, weekly, until York County positivity rate falls below 5%. VISITATIONS: I do not intend to change our current visitation guidelines at this point in time. However, I do need to review/reiterate the current visitation guidelines. · Visitors need to call the receptionist 24-hours in advance to schedule a visit. · Visitors now have three locations to choose for visits. o In Resident Room § Single Occupancy Room – up to 3 visitors § Double O

May 14, 2021

May 14, 2021 Dear Residents and Families, The purpose of this letter is to communicate updates regarding our Covid-19 reporting and the actions we continue to take to combat and protect our community. We have had no new positive Covid-19 cases since I last reported on May 5th that one staff member tested positive for Covid during our biweekly testing of staff. This staff member had been vaccinated. This employee had worked on A1/B1 and B2 units leading up to May 5th. Consequently, these units were changed to Yellow Zones which dictated that the residents on these units were placed on Transmission-Based Precautions due to known exposure and visitation on these units were suspended. Visitation for these units are now available starting May 15th. We appreciate your continued prayers and trust in the care and services we provide and for your understanding and support of any necessary adjustments as this situation evolves. Please feel free to contact me at 717-633-4520 with any que

May 04, 2021

May 5, 2021 Dear Residents and Families, The purpose of this letter is to communicate updates regarding our Covid-19 reporting and the actions we continue to take to combat and protect our community. Last night one staff member tested positive for Covid during our biweekly testing of staff. This staff member was vaccinated and currently has cold-like symptoms. This employee has worked on A1/B1 and B2 units this past week. Consequently, these units are now Yellow Zones which dictates that the residents on these units are now on Transmission-Based Precautions due to known exposure. Visitation for these units are suspended for the next 14 days as long as we do not have any new positive cases on these units. If all goes well, May 15th the residents on these units will be available for visitation. Exception for visitation on A1/B1 and B2 during these next 14 days will be for Compassionate Care visits only. I will be contacting the responsible parties over the next 24 hours for those resi

December 30, 2020

December 30, 2020 Dear Residents and Families, The purpose of this letter is to communicate updates regarding our covid-19 reporting and the actions we continue to take to combat and protect our community. Since I last reported updates on December 28, we have experienced multiple presumptive Covid cases for both our residents and our staff. For residents, since last reported, we have confirmed through rapid testing 11 residents with presumptive positive Covid. For staff, since last reported, we have confirmed through rapid testing 3 staff with presumptive positive Covid. All staff and residents with presumptive positive results were swabbed a second time using our PCR test and these results are pending confirmation. All families involving the presumptive positive test results have been notified. As a result of these findings, we will continue with transmission-based precautions and suspended visitation for all residents residing on B2, C2, and D2 units. York

December 28, 2020

December 28, 2020 Dear Residents and Families, The purpose of this letter is to communicate updates regarding our covid-19 reporting and the actions we continue to take to combat and protect our community. Since I last reported updates on December 17, we have experienced multiple presumptive and confirmed positive Covid cases for both our residents and our staff. For residents, since last reported, we have confirmed through PCR testing 21 residents with positive Covid. For staff, since last reported, we have confirmed through PCR testing 7 staff with positive Covid. Today, 12/28, we have 4 residents with presumptive positive results. We have obtained a second swab on these three residents utilizing our PCR testing and we will await these results. All families involving the presumptive and confirmed positive test results have been notified. As a result of these findings, we will continue with transmission-based precautions and suspended visitation for all reside

December 17, 2020

December 17, 2020 Dear Residents and Families, The purpose of this letter is to communicate updates regarding our covid-19 reporting and the actions we continue to take to combat and protect our community. On December 14 we informed you that there were 3 residents who tested presumptive positive utilizing the POC rapid test. All 3 residents were swabbed a second time utilizing the PCR test. Results were obtained and 2 of the 3 residents were confirmed positive for Covid. These residents reside on our B2 unit. All residents are doing well, and their families were notified. Today, following POC rapid testing on the B2 unit, we identified one resident having presumptive positive results. This resident room will remain on transmission-based precautions while the remaining rooms on this unit will come off isolation precautions on Monday, 12/21. We will notify the families on B2 when precautions are lifted, and visitation may resume. Early last week we lifted transmissio