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July 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.   We completed our fifth round of testing on Tuesday, July 21, and all results have been obtained.   The results revealed:             Residents:        All Negative             Staff:                All Negative This is the third testing cycle that results showed no new cases of Covid. We are currently finishing up our sixth round of testing today for staff only. As of this week, we will not be testing residents weekly. We will test any resident within 24 hours of showing signs/symptoms related to Covid. The Department of Health outlined a 3-Step process outlining prerequisites that must be met before easing of current restrictions can be considered. In summary, our facility must first show 14 consecutive days without a new Covid case before we can proceed thro
July 12, 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.   We completed our fourth round of testing on Tuesday, July 7, and all results have been obtained. The results revealed:             Residents:        All Negative             Staff:                All Negative This is the second week in a row that results showed no new cases of Covid. Our fifth round of testing will take place Monday, July 20. The Department of Health has outlined a 3-Step process outlining prerequisites that must be met before easing of current restrictions can be considered. In summary, our facility must first show 14 consecutive days without a new Covid case before we can proceed through the 3-Step process. The facility has met this prerequisite, as of Saturday, July 11, and we can now proceed through the 3-step
July 8, 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.   We completed our fourth round of testing on Tuesday, July 7 th . As in previous weeks, we do not expect to receive test results until the weekend of July 11 th and 12 th . Late last week Governor Tom Wolf requested that any resident of the Commonwealth who travels to any of the 15 states, listed below, self-quarantine for 14 days upon return to the Commonwealth. These 15 states are currently experiencing a surge in Covid. These states are: Alabama                                        North & South Carolina Arkansas                                       Tennessee Arizona                                          Texas California                                      Utah Florida                                          
July 6, 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.   The facility completed our third round of testing on Tuesday, 6/30. Over the weekend of July 4-5 th , we received all test results. The third-round test results revealed:             Residents:         All Negative             Staff:                All Negative We have started our fourth round of testing and will have these tests completed by Tuesday, July 7 th, at the latest. As in previous weeks, we do not expect to receive test results until the weekend of July 11 th and 12 th . Late last week Governor Tom Wolf requested that any resident of the Commonwealth who travels to any of the 15 states, listed below, self-quarantine for 14 days upon return to the Commonwealth. These 15 states are currently experiencing a surge in Covid.
July 3, 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.   The facility completed our third round of testing on Tuesday, 6/30. We have not received any results, as of today, and we do not expect any results until the weekend of July 4 th . We will notify families when we receive these results. As of 7/3, since this pandemic started, we have had a total of 30 residents test positive with Covid-19. This is an increase of 0 since our last update. We also have 8 employees who have tested positive since this pandemic started. Four have returned to work. The 4 remaining employees remain at home under quarantine. Of the 30 residents: ·          19 Residents have recovered. This is an increase of 3 since our last update. ·          1 Residents currently in-house with positive Covid results. Th
July 2, 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.   The facility completed our third round of testing on Tuesday, 6/30. We have not received any results, as of today, and we do not expect any results until the weekend of July 4 th . We will notify families when we receive these results. As of 7/1, since this pandemic started, we have had a total of 30 residents test positive with Covid-19. This is an increase of 0 since our last update. We also have 8 employees who have tested positive since this pandemic started. Four have returned to work. The 4 remaining employees remain at home under quarantine. Of the 30 residents: ·          16 Residents have recovered. This is an increase of 3 since our last update. ·          4 Residents currently in-house with positive Covid resul