October 18, 2021 – TERRACE WEST (IL) OUTBREAK – New COVID positive = 1 (T=4)
COVID UPDATE – October 18, 2021 – Terrace West Outbreak
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 4 (4 residents TW | 0 staff)
MOST RECENT COVID CASE = October 16 (test date)
Two residents are in hospital from Terrace West. Please pray for their recovery.
There is also a resident from Terrace East who contracted COVID and continues the battle in the hospital as well. Please pray for this resident as well.
We continue to put all the safety measures in place for the residents of Terrace West. All of the staff who worked in the building or served the residents in the dining room have been swabbed for COVID. There are no positive staff, several results are still outstanding. The residents who were with a COVID positive resident as well as the ones who are in close proximity (on the same floor) were swabbed. One test result was returned as COVID positive.
For the residents on isolation, we have phoned the primary contact from the family and offered Essential Visitor designation to continue supporting them as they wait out their time on isolation. Essential visitors must be fully vaccinated. There are no social visitors permitted in the building.
Thank you for your encouragement and support. As a family member, the biggest support you can provide for your loved one is to encourage them to follow all the layers of protection. Please ask them if they have any new or worsening symptoms and report those to our Manager – 604.851.4020.
Moving forward, we will make changes to the dining room experience in all of our apartments to include a greater distance between diners for this winter season. The residents in Terrace West will be dining in the Bistro that is just at the entrance to the apartment building. We will making some changes to the furniture and look forward to a time when this outbreak is over and we begin to enjoy each other’s company in this way again.