DECEMBER 14 – HOME E2 – Total new positives = 0 (T=58)

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – December 14 – 2020 – Menno Home E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 58 (35 residents in Menno Home E2 & 23 staff Home E2)
TOTAL RECOVERED = 4 residents / 8 staff returning to work
PASSED AWAY = Total = 8 residents
ACTION:
  • We are entering on the 4th week of this outbreak. Grateful for the support from Fraser Health to ensure staffing numbers. We are grateful for the staff who are serving the seniors on the Home E2 unit. We are grateful for the eight staff who are able to return back to work. Thankful for the team who is working diligently to prevent the spread. We continually review hand hygiene, PPE supplies/use and environmental cleaning. Well done, team!

DECEMBER 13 – HOME E2 – Total new positives = 2 (T=58)

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It is with sadness that we report the 8th death to COVID on Menno Home E2.
COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – December 13 – 2020 – Menno Home E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 58 (35 residents in Menno Home E2 & 23 staff Home E2)
TOTAL RECOVERED = 4 residents / 7 staff returning to work
PASSED AWAY = Total = 8 residents
ACTION:
  • We are grateful that the COVID outbreak continues to be contained to only the E2 Home unit.

DECEMBER 12 – HOME E2 – Total new positives = 1 (T=56)

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – December 12 – 2020 – Menno Home E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 56 (34 residents in Menno Home E2 & 22 staff Home E2)
TOTAL RECOVERED = 4 residents / 2+ staff returning to work
PASSED AWAY = Total = 7 residents
ACTION:
  • We continue to pray for strength for the staff who are working on the COVID-19 positive unit. We are grateful for their efforts. We know they are weary.
  • We are grateful to all of the staff who have recovered and are coming back to work in the the COVID-19 positive unit. These staff are assessed through Public Health before returning to the workplace. Thank you for your service.

Menno Place Staff Townhall Meeting – Wednesday, December 16 at 2pm via Zoom

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All staff are invited to join the Menno Place Staff Townhall Meeting via Zoom – Wednesday, December 16th at 2pm

The Menno Place Staff Townhall Meeting will be recorded and available for you to watch afterward if you are not able to attend the live event.

Karen Biggs (CEO), Kathrin McMath (Executive Director, Finance & Operations), Kim Scott (Infection Control Lead & DOC) will be the panelists who will connect with you and answer questions.

ASKING QUESTIONS TO MENNOPLACE LEADERSHIP:

Please ask your questions and vote for the questions you want answered using this link: https://app.sli.do/event/avc5afme

How can you watch the Zoom Townhall?

The Zoom link will be emailed to you shortly if you wish to join the live event. Following the live event, we will make the link and password to the recorded Staff Townhall available.

For this live event, you have permission from Leadership to use your own smartphone or tablet during your shift with the permission of your supervisor. Using your own equipment for this live event is a one-time permission and does not extend to watching the recorded version of the Staff Townhall.

The Zoom link may also work on your desktop computer. You will need sound in order to hear the event. Check your computer to see if it has sound. If not, please use an alternate piece of equipment. There are computers in the staff rooms.

Please check in with your supervisor if you are able to take a break or find the time to join the live event.

We are also coordinating with Recreation to use the Zoom equipment, if possible, to watch in a socially distanced cluster of max. 8 on your unit.

 

 

 

*UPDATE* DECEMBER 11 – HOME E2 – Total new positives = 0 (T=55)

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A 7th resident has succumbed to COVID-19 in Menno Home E2. We pass along our condolences to the family.
COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – December 11– 2020 – Menno Home E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 55 (33 residents in Menno Home E2 & 22 staff Home E2)
TOTAL RECOVERED = 4 residents / 2+ staff returning to work
PASSED AWAY = Total = 7 residents
ACTION:
  • We cautiously share with you that there are 5 more recovered residents. The caution comes from the unpredictability of this virus and its effect on those it infects. This brings the total to 10 recovered residents. For this, we are grateful.
  • We are excited to see the return of staff to E2 Home and appreciate their hard work and love for the residents.
  • Thank you to Ingrid Schultz, our chaplain at Menno Home who spends time sharing the grief of the families – through cards, phone calls and a revised passing ceremony as we say our final good-byes to the resident.
  • Thank you to all who have poured out your gifts of love upon the staff of Menno Home E2. We will post this weekend ideas of how you can encourage the staff in the COVID positive unit (E2 Home) and all across our campus. We are grateful for the strength and vigilance of our amazing teams!

Thank you from the MBS Board

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Note: Sylvia Robertson, (Vice-Chair, MBS Board) is well acquainted with the work of long-term care. She is an Occupational Therapist at Bradley Center in Chilliwack, a site that was declared on outbreak December 4, 2020.

 

To All Staff of Menno Place:

On behalf of the MBS Board of Directors, we would like to give you a huge “Thank you” and express our tremendous appreciation for your hard work and dedication to Menno Place, particularly in this time of a global pandemic. We couldn’t be prouder of your accomplishments in keeping our residents safe for the past 8-9 months, and for the grace with which you have been managing the current Covid-19 outbreak in the Home. You have all been giving your very best, pushing past your own fears, and rising to the occasion of truly being health care heroes.

Please know that our prayers are with you, for your own protection and safety, as much as for that of the residents for whom you care so faithfully and willingly every single day. We empathize with the anxiety many of you are feeling in these uncertain times, and the fear of this virus that sometimes threatens to overwhelm us.

We believe and trust in a loving God who is full of grace and mercy for each and every one of us, and who does not want us to be anxious or fearful.  We pray that these verses from Scripture might be an encouragement to you:

“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?  The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27:1

“I sought the Lord and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears.”  Psalm 34:4

“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.” Isaiah 26:3-4

Finally, we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a joyful New Year!  May the Lord bless and keep you, may you find hope and peace in Him, may you and your loved ones have a safe and healthy holiday season.

With much gratitude,

Sylvia Robertson

Vice-Chair, MBS Board of Directors

DECEMBER 10 – HOME E2 – Total new positives = 0 (T=55)

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Another resident has passed away from COVID-19. We grieve with the family of the 6th resident to succumb to COVID-19.
COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – December 10– 2020 – Menno Home E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 55 (33 residents in Menno Home E2 & 22 staff Home E2)
TOTAL RECOVERED = 4 residents / 2+ staff returning to work
PASSED AWAY = Total = 6 residents
ACTION:
  • We look forward to the return of staff who have recovered. We wait each day to see if they have any further symptoms. Fraser Health / Public Health works with each staff member to determine if they can return to work.
  • Thank you to our support from Fraser Health – today we offer a staff support session with the Mobile Response Team. Our staff in E2 Home are given an opportunity to have a 20 minute session one-on-one with a trained emergency response counselor. This is an opportunity for the staff to have confidential conversations about their state of mental health as they continue through this ongoing crisis.
  • We are excited about the staff returning to work – we thank God our staff!
  • There are numerous stories of our staff going above and beyond to meet the needs of residents and families while working in the COIVD unit. Thank you!

DECEMBER 9 – HOME E2 – Total new positives =3 (2 residents, 1 staff) (T=55)

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One more resident has succumbed to COVID-19. Our condolences are with the family of the 5th resident to succumb to COVID-19.
COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – December 9– 2020 – Menno Home E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 (1 staff and 2 residents)
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 55 (33 residents in Menno Home E2 & 22 staff Home E2)
TOTAL RECOVERED = 4 residents / 2 staff returning to work
PASSED AWAY = Total = 5 residents
ACTION:
  • Two staff return to work this coming week.
  • There are 45 residents in Menno Home E2.
  • Staff continue to provide excellent care as they work vigilantly to practice all of the infection control protocols.

DECEMBER 8 – HOME E2 – Total new positives = 5 (T=52)

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – December 8– 2020 – Menno Home E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff and 4 residents
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 52 (31 residents in Menno Home E2 & 21 staff Home E2)
TOTAL RECOVERED = 4 residents / staff are recovering and anticipating returning to work
PASSED AWAY = Total = 4 residents
ACTION:
  • Some staff are expected to return to work this coming week. Public Health guides this decision and allows recovered non-infectious staff to return to work. We are grateful for their service to our seniors.
  • All staff and residents were swabbed today.
  • Staff continue to provide excellent care as they work vigilantly to practice all of the infection control protocols.