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The team continues to work on the Oak Home Area Courtyard. There will be another crane lift Monday September 25, 2023 starting at 8:00 am. During this time, again ensure that residents were out of the areas listed below for both Oak and Maple home areas. There was signage in place and staff monitored the area during this time. See below for more information.

When: Monday September 25, 2023

Time frame: 8:00am to 3:00pm (Approx.) for Oak

Rooms affected: Oak and Maple Home Areas posted areas on the units

The Resident Influenza Vaccine Clinics will be taking place Wednesday October 4, 2023 through Friday October 6, 2023. Please ensure that you return any calls that you receive related to consent for vaccination so that we are prepared to vaccination those that wish to receive their influenza vaccine. If you have any questions please reach out to, Laura MacBrien at ext. 4805

Also, COVID booster vaccines continue to be offered to residents based on the schedule from Ontario Health. Staff will contact you if your loved one is due for the vaccine and not able to consent for themselves.

The team continues to work on the Oak Home Area Courtyard. There will be another crane lift Friday September 22, 2023 starting at 8:00 am. During this time, again ensure that residents were out of the areas listed below for both Oak and Maple home areas. There was signage in place and staff monitored the area during this time. See below for more information.

When: Friday September 21, 2023

Time frame: 8:00am to 2:00pm (Approx.) for Oak

Rooms affected: Oak and Maple Home Areas posted areas on the units

On behalf of The Pines Long Term Care Home Family Council all family and friends of residents are invited to a scheduled Family Council.

Meeting Wednesday September 20, 2023 at 6:30 p.m.

Guest Speaker: Social Worker, Andrea Groomes

Zoom meeting starting at 6:30pm

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Meeting ID: 894 5526 4812

Passcode: 506904

Agenda: Family Council Agenda 2023 09 20

The team continues to work on the Cedar Home Area Courtyard. There will be another crane lift Tuesday September 19, 2023 starting at 9:00 am. During this time, again ensured that residents were out of the areas listed below for both Cedar and Birch home areas. There was signage in place and staff monitored the area during this time. Then team is planning on moving to the Ok Home Area starting at 10:00am on the same day. This means that residents for both Oak and Maple will need to be out of the posted areas on the units for the time listed below. See below for more information.

When: Tuesday September 19, 2023

Time frame: 9:00am to 10:00am for Cedar

10:00 to 4:00pm (approx.) for Oak

Rooms affected:

Cedar and Birch Home Areas posted areas on the units

Oak and Maple Home Areas posted areas on the units

The Team is continuing the work on the Cedar Home Area Courtyard. There will be another crane lift scheduled for Thursday September 14, 2023 starting at 10:00 am. During this time, we will need to have residents out of the areas listed below for both Cedar and Birch home areas. There will be signage in place and staff monitoring the area during this time. See below for more information.

When: Thursday September 14, 2023

Time frame: 10am to 4:00pm (approx.)

Rooms affected:

Cedar Home Area 211- 221 (could be a couple more rooms, watch for signage); plus the spa rooms the activity room

Birch Home Area 711- 721 (could be a couple more rooms, watch for signage); plus the spa rooms the activity room

Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns. administrator.pines@muskoka.on.ca

In collaboration with Public Health, the Oak Respiratory Outbreak has been declared over as of September 10, 2023. General visiting has returned to normal at this time. Thank you for your patience as we worked through this most recent outbreak.

Please be aware that our registered staff will be contacting SMD/POAs for residents that are not able to provide their own consent for the influenza vaccine.

The old generator has been removed from the home and a temporary one in place until we have our new generator delivered on Thursday September 14th, 2023. The new generator will power the entire home at 100% if we have a power outage. Watch for the team to deliver this wonderful upgrade on Wednesday!

The Oak home area remains in Respiratory Outbreak at this time. Currently, there are no residents Isolated with symptoms such as sore throat, nasal congestion and runny nose. We continue to monitor the home area as mandated through Public Health. No General Visitors at this time; only Essential Caregivers to a maximum of two (2) at a time. Thank you for your patience as we work through this most recent outbreak.

The following infection control measures have been implement:

• Masking and wearing of eye protection on Oak at all times
• twice daily respiratory symptom screening on Oak
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset
• Cohorting of staff when possible
• Activities- Small group activities on Oak; cohorting of other units where possible
• Twice daily high touch surface cleaning on Oak
• Increased hand hygiene and PPE audits on unit
• Limit of 2 essential caregivers at a time on the affected unit.