January 17, 2022 Dear Residents and Families: There have been seven residents test positive on 5A St. Michael’s with three no longer in their period of being infectious.  3A - St. Anne’s has had two residents positive for COVID-19 who are continuing to be monitored. 2CS – St. Francis had one resident test positive on the weekend. Swabs were completed on the whole 2C floor (St. Francis and St. Mary’s) as per WRHA Infection Prevention and Control’s direction.  The unit remains in quarantine with no visitation at the present time.   All residents within the Home are being closely monitored for [...]

Dear Residents and Families: We have had two more residents on 5A – St. Michael’s test positive for COVID-19.  There are five active cases and one resident post-infection on this unit.  3A – St. Anne’s has two residents positive for COVID-19.  There are 26 COVID-19 positive staff who are isolating presently.  On January 13, 2022 we began allowing one fully vaccinated designated caregiver to visit in the resident’s room following the protocols below: The unit is not currently experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak or other outbreak.Each resident may have one fully-vaccinated designated family caregiver visit per day (there will be no [...]

Dear Residents and Families: Beginning January 13, 2022, we will be allowing fully vaccinated designated family caregivers to again visit their resident in their room with the following parameters: The unit is not currently experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak or other outbreak.Each resident may have one fully-vaccinated designated family caregiver visit per day (there will be no exceptions).Visits are to occur in the resident’s rooms only.Masks (fully covering the nose and mouth) and eye shields must be worn at all times.Physical distance of 6 feet should be maintained as much as possible. No food or drink will be permitted while visiting.If designated [...]

Dear Residents and Families: A COVID-19 outbreak has been called on 3A – St. Anne’s. There has been one resident test positive and three staff members.  As communicated previously, resident swabs were taken on Friday.  We are still awaiting results for these swabs.  Communication will occur if any residents test positive as soon as we receive the information.  We will contact you should there be any concerns related to your loved one.  We continue to have an outbreak on 5A – St. Michael’s.  Residents are stable and there continues to be three residents who have tested positive.  We continue to [...]

January 6, 2022 Dear Residents and Families: A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared on 5A – St. Michael’s with three residents testing positive.  All outbreak protocols have been implemented.  The families of these residents have been informed and if there are any issues with your family member, the unit staff will be contact you by phone.  Due to positive staff cases on 3A – St. Anne’s, the increased protocols have been implemented as further investigation and monitoring occurs on the unit.  As directed by WRHA Infection Prevention and Control team, swabs were completed this morning for residents on the unit.  [...]

January 1, 2022 Dear Holy Family Home Families and Residents Today we learned that one (1) resident from 5A (St. Michael's) tested positive for COVID-19 so with an abundance of caution we are suspending all visits (including Designated Visitors) immediately with the exception for end of life visits. This is a very difficult decision but due to the risk of infection of the omicron variant, protecting our residents, families and staff is our priority. We thank you for your patience, understanding and cooperation. We will review visitation in two weeks and advise if there will be any further changes. Holy [...]

Dear Residents and Families: We had a staff member test COVID-19 positive on 4C (St. Basil’s and St. Martha’s) and another on 1C (St. Luke’s).  In consultation with WRHA infection control, and our medical director, we are to follow outbreak protocols for these units at this time. This includes no designated or general visitors to the unit and no short stay absences. With the significant presence of omicron in the community and the degree of community spread, we are asking everyone to reconsider any holiday gatherings and to consider cancelling any of the short absences for residents to mitigate risk.  [...]

One year ago, I reminded all of the passing of a very different and difficult year. But, just as we were hoping for a much better 2021 another variant of the Covid virus came to us all. However, because of all that we did through 2021 with vaccines and more knowledge of the pandemic, we are in much better shape today than a year ago. We thank all, residents, families, staff, management, volunteers, board and of course the Sisters for your compassionate care throughout the year. We are not through this yet, but with God’s help and our collective continuing [...]

Dear Residents and Families: With the presence of the highly contagious omicron variant of COVID-19 in Manitoba, Holy Family Home will be introducing changes to visitation beginning tomorrow December 23, 2021.  The visitation hours will remain the same with the following changes: General Visitors will not be able to visit the Home.Designated Family Caregivers will be able to continue visiting residents in their room one at a time or two Designated Family Caregivers at the same time from the same household.  Visits must be in the resident’s room only. These changes will be reviewed and re-evaluated in the New Year. Masks [...]