COVID, FLU OR COLD – Protocols for Menno Place staff

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What to do if you have symptoms of COVID, Flu or Cold

Be prepared for the upcoming COVID, Flu or Cold season by having COVID rapid tests in your home BEFORE you need them – BEFORE you have symptoms.
Pick up a box of tests FREE from any pharmacy.

If you have any of these symptoms, take a COVID test:

  • fever or chills
  • cough
  • shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
  • fatigue
  • muscle or body ache
  • headache
  • new loss of taste or smell
  • sore throat
  • congestion or runny nose
  • diarrhea
  • nausea or vomiting

POSITIVE COVID TEST

If the test is positive for COVID, you may not come into work for FIVE days. Return on the SIXTH day after your positive COVID test if you are symptom-free.

NEGATIVE COVID TEST

If the test is negative for COVID, seek a medical opinion.
Consider how you manage other illnesses that you do not get tested for like cold and flu. Stay home if you are feeling unwell and resume your regular activities, such as work, when you feel you are able to manage them. If you have a fever you should stay home until it is gone without medication.

NEGATIVE COVID TEST + INCREASING SYMPTOMS

If the test is negative AND your symptoms are getting WORSE, test again for COVID. Follow instructions (above).

Call Staffing and let them know if your test is COVID positive. This information helps us to track the spread of COVID in any given area on the Menno Place campus.

 

Welcome to Rachel Setka – Payroll Associate

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Please join me in welcoming our newest team member: Rachel Setka. Rachel joined us on August 8th as the Payroll Associate. She will be working with Marie Ponting handling payroll across the entire campus.

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E1 Menno Hospital – Enhanced Monitoring

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When the Enhanced Monitoring measures are removed or the scope is changed, we will post an update.

The Public Health Officer required Enhanced Monitoring on Menno Hospital E1 (effective September 20, 2023):

  • Residents, families and staff are not permitted to use the Fireside Cafe until enhanced monitoring is complete.
  • All symptomatic and positive residents and their roommate(s) will be put on droplet precautions
  • Residents who are on isolation precautions will be served meals in their rooms
  • The families of residents who are isolated will be notified
  • No change in dining and group activities (well residents can continue with these activities)
  • Twice a day screening for both residents and staff
  • Please continue with twice a day enhanced cleaning
  • Please be practice diligent hand hygiene
  • Visitation is not affected currently.
  • Please do not mix the residents with other units ( eg: rec activities, bus outings, chapel services etc)
  • Only East 1 staff to use Fireside cafe only for their breaks.

Let’s Celebrate Support Services Day! Sept 22

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Violence Prevention Workshop

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Learn practical applications to identify risk factors of violence and de-escalation techniques at a Violence Prevention Workshop on Thursday, September 21, 2023. Space is limited. Register soon!

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Violence Prevention Workshop

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Learn practical applications to identify risk factors of violence and de-escalation techniques at a Violence Prevention Workshop on Thursday, September 21, 2023. Space is limited. Register soon!

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Grandparents Day is almost here! Saturday, September 9th 11am-2pm

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Bring your families to join in on the fun and celebrate our seniors!

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Hymn Stories – September 2023

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The Love of God, written and composed by Frederick M. Lehman by 1919, has its roots in a Jewish poem, written in Germany in the eleventh century. The Jewish poem, Hadamut, in the Aramaic language, has ninety couplets. Find out more about this gospel song!

Click to listen.

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Violence Prevention Workshop

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Learn practical applications to identify risk factors of violence and de-escalation techniques at a Violence Prevention Workshop on Thursday, September 21, 2023. Space is limited. Register soon!

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Menno Place’s 70th Anniversary – Call for Stories

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As any of our seniors on campus could tell you, a lot can happen in 70 years!

As Menno Place staff, we’ve had the privilege of serving the community of Abbotsford and the Fraser Valley for generations. In September, we’d like to capture some of the incredible stories of these families on video and share them with our community!

Has more than one generation of your family been on staff here? Has more than one generation of your family received care at Menno Place?

We’d love to hear from you! 

If you’d like to be considered for this special storytelling opportunity, please let us know by filling out the form below. Our communications team will contact you to gather more information and determine how we can best tell your story.

Click here to tell us your family story!