February 1, 2022 Dear Residents and Families: We regret to inform you we had a resident pass away who was positive with COVID-19.  Our sincere condolences and prayers to the family during this difficult time.  At present, 5A – St. Michael’s has six residents who are post the infectious period for COVID-19.  3A – St. Anne’s has five residents who are past the infectious period.  2CS – St. Francis has two residents who are past the infectious period.  4A – St. Joseph’s has nine residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 and 2A – Sacred Heart has nine residents positive [...]

January 28, 2022 Dear Residents and Families: At present, 5A – St. Michael’s has six residents who are post the infectious period for COVID-19.  3A – St. Anne’s has two residents who have active COVID-19 and 3 residents who are past the infectious period.  2CS – St. Francis has two residents who are past the infectious period.  4A – St. Joseph’s has nine residents who have tested positive and 2A – Sacred Heart has eight residents positive with COVID-19.  All residents within the Home continue to be closely monitored for any signs and symptoms.  We also continue to work closely [...]

January 25, 2022 Dear Residents and Families: We are very sorry to share the passing of one of our residents who was positive for COVID-19.  Our sincere condolences to the family during this difficult time. We currently have outbreaks on the following units: Unit:COVID-19 Positive Residents2A Sacred Heart8 active residents3A St. Anne’s2 active  residents and 3 non-infectious recovered4A St. Joseph’s1 active resident5A St. Michael’s6 non-infectious recovered residents2CS – St. Francis2 active residents    Please note active refers to those COVID-19 positive residents still in the infectious period We will be opening visitation to one fully vaccinated designated family caregiver per [...]

January 24, 2022 Dear Residents and Families: Over the weekend, there were two additional residents test positive for COVID-19, one resident on 4A – St. Joseph’s and 1 resident on 2A – Sacred Heart.   There have been sixteen residents test positive for COVID-19 in the Home with 5 having completed the period of contagion.  Currently there are 4 active cases and 3 no longer infectious on 5A - St, Michael’s, 3 active cases and 2 no longer infectious on 3A - St. Anne’s and 2 active cases on 2CS – St. Francis. Visitation on units with an active outbreak is [...]

January 21, 2022 Dear Residents and Families: There have been fourteen residents test positive for COVID-19 in the Home.  Currently there are 4 active cases and 3 no longer infectious on 5A - St, Michael’s, 3 active cases and 2 no longer infectious on 3A - St. Anne’s and 2 active cases on 2CS – St. Francis. Residents generally have presented with mild symptoms.  All residents within the Home are being closely monitored for any signs and symptoms.  We continue to work closely with WRHA Infection Prevention and Control. There are 16 COVID-19 positive staff who are isolating at present. [...]

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 [...]