COVID-19 VACCINATION UPDATE, DEC 31, 2020 – HOME, HOSPITAL, TERRACE EAST

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COVID-19 VACCINATION UPDATE – DEC 31, 2020

MENNO HOSPITAL

Today, a team of 8 immunizers arrived from Fraser Health and were able to vaccinate 141 residents in Menno Hospital with the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTecH. This morning on our call with the Fraser Health team, Dr. Ken Dueck, Medical Director for Menno Place expressed his great joy that this is happening here at Menno Place. There were 6 residents who were not vaccinated. There are 4 empty beds at this  time.

Many of you have asked on the Menno Place Families and Friends Facebook Group if this will change visits. This is certainly a necessary step in the right direction for getting back to the normal way that you were welcomed to visit your loved one. We are excited to anticipate that we are on our way to this happening.

MENNO HOME

Saturday, January 2, 2020, we will have the Fraser Health team vaccinate residents at Menno Home. There will not be any vaccinating done on E2 Home as it is on outbreak.

TERRACE EAST ASSISTED LIVING

All 98 residents of Terrace East Assisted Living will receive their vaccinations on Sunday, January 3, 2020.

CLICK HERE for answers to Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 Vaccines.

COVID UPDATE-DECEMBER 29 – MENNO HOME E2, MENNO HOME W1, PAVILION AND COVID-19 VACCINATIONS

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COVID UPDATE- DECEMBER 29 – MENNO HOME (E2 & W1), PAVILION & VACCINATIONS

MENNO HOME E2
No new COVID positives – T=65 (CLICK FOR PREVIOUS REPORT)
Point Prevalence testing was done today – all residents who are not COVID-positive were swabbed along with staff who are not COVID-positive
27 Residents are recovered!

MENNO HOME W1
No new COVID positives – T=1 (CLICK FOR PREVIOUS REPORT)
Point Prevalence testing was done today – all residents who are not COVID-positive were swabbed along with staff who are not COVID-positive

VACCINATIONS – The long-term care residents did not receive vaccinations today. We are preparing for vaccination with the BioNTech vaccine tomorrow, December 30, 2020. CLICK HERE for answers to Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 Vaccines.

VACCINATIONS FOR APARTMENT RESIDENTS (ASSISTED LIVING & INDEPENDENT LIVING)
A memo will go out tomorrow outlining how residents should be prepared for giving consent if the vaccinations become available in Assisted Living and Independent Living.

PAVILION – Pavilion is off of isolation and all residents are to go back to previous protocols which include:

  • Wear a medical grade mask at all times when with others
  • Remain 6 feet apart from others at all times
  • Registered visitors can resume visits and essential services
  • Residents may resume outdoor walks
  • Essential outings only – the outings that, should they not happen, could threaten the resident’s life
  • All other protocols that were set out by the Public Health Officer that are in place until January 8, 2021 at midnight – CLICK HERE

Not COVID Vaccinated, yet? It’s your turn! FILL OUT THIS FORM, EVEN IF YOU HAVE FILLED ONE OUT PREVIOUSLY

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Vaccination Sign-Up – Who should fill out this form?

  1. ANYONE who is on staff at Menno Place who has not been vaccinated
  2. EVEN if you have previously filled out this form
  3. ESPECIALLY if you are available on short notice
Fill out my online form.

VACCINATION UPDATE – HOME, HOSPITAL AND ALL STAFF | PAVILION WAITS FOR SWAB RESULTS

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Menno Home and Hospital residents will be receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. Medical Decision Makers have been given a link to provide consent for their loved one. We will be calling all primary contacts to ensure that they are comfortable with their decision.

All staff who wish to be vaccinated will be able to drop-in on Tuesday, Dec. 29th – details will be communicated when we know them. It will likely be in the Hospital Chapel after resident’s vaccinations.

CLICK HERE for answers to Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 Vaccines.

PAVILION – We are waiting to hear from the Public Health Officer about the results of the COVID-swab testing. We hope to know more tomorrow.

DECEMBER 21 – DAILY UPDATE – MENNO HOME E2, W1 & THE APARTMENTS

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COVID POSITIVE UPDATE – December 21 – 2020 – Menno Place

MENNO HOME E2 – 1 new COVID positive resident (T=62)

MENNO HOME W1 – No change to COVID positive staff or residents (T=1)

PAVILION – New COVID POSITIVE – +1 (T=3) The initial COVID positive resident at Pavilion was given care services (December 8) by a Fraser Health Home Health worker who was later discovered to be COVID-19 positive. This resident also had a Registered Visitor visit in person who later was found to be COVID-19 positive. Point prevalence testing will be done in Pavilion (likely tomorrow) for all residents (swab test for COVID) to find out if there are others who may have contracted COVID-19. Fraser Health Home Health does not share with Menno Place the names of any residents who may have also received care from their Home Health worker when they were infectious. No further symptoms indicated in any residents in Pavilion daily Active Screening of all residents.

ALL RESIDENTS IN PAVILION ON ISOLATION AS PER MEDICAL HEALTH OFFICER ORDERS

PRIMROSE GARDENS – No additional residents on isolation (T=11) Fraser Health Home Support worker was COVID-19 positive when they provided care to all 11 of the residents on isolation (December 5th). No further symptoms indicated in any residents in PG in daily Active Screening of all  residents.

The Best Christmas Present for 2020 – Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine for our Residents!

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The Best Christmas Present for 2020 – Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine for our Residents!

We are beyond excited to let you know that Fraser Health called us this afternoon to let us know that all residents of Menno Home and Menno Hospital (long-term care) will be provided with the MODERNA COVID-19 vaccination.

We are working with our pharmacy, Rexall, to organize the details of storage and the team to provide the vaccinations. The great news is that this vaccine can be brought to our residents and they do not need to be moved off campus in order to get this vaccine (unlike the Pfizer vaccine that had to be stored at -70C).

All primary contacts will be contacted for consent for their loved one to receive the vaccine when it becomes available. All residents will be screened for allergies and sensitivities to ensure that there is not a contraindication for anyone. This vaccine has not, yet, been approved by Health Canada. It will arrive 24 – 48 hours after regulatory approval.

Menno Place will, with Fraser Health and other long-term care homes make our plans with the assumption that the Moderna vaccine will be made available.

As we move forward, we will advocate for all the seniors who live at Menno Place (Assisted Living and Independent Living) to qualify for this vaccine.

We continue to send our staff for vaccination with the Pfizer vaccine. We are sending 65 staff per day to the vaccination clinic. All staff who want the vaccine will get it. Please do not call Pearl Nucich – she’ll call you! Pearl, our Executive Assistant has done an exceptional job in pulling together this administrative task! You are eager to get vaccinated and bring this level of safety to your lives and to Menno Place residents – thank you. Sign up for the Vaccine – CLICK HERE

We are grateful. We are hopeful. We are so very thankful for your support of our residents and their families throughout this extraordinarily difficult pandemic. An end is in sight for our elders! We are so happy for the families!

We are so happy for YOU, Staff Team. This has been your finest hour. It really has – you have done what needed to be done and you have done it with heart and skill. We are so happy for you that you can be vaccinated and kept safe from this very dangerous virus.

Townhall – Ask Your Question – Upvote a Question

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It’s easy – CLICK HERE to be ask or upvote a question you want answered at the Menno Place Staff Townhall – tomorrow at 2pm via Zoom.

All details for connecting via Zoom – CLICK HERE

 

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.

 

 

 

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