The Pines Resident & Family Portal

Here’s what’s happening this week—join us for fun, connection, and creativity! Take a look at the activities and events planned for the upcoming week.

Mondays

10:00 am – Drawing 101 with Michael Barnes

📍 The Country Kitchen

Wednesdays

10:00 am – Jamming Time with Russ Allman

📍 The Family Room

1:30 pm – Knitting Circle with Paulette and Judy

📍 The Maple Lounge

🐣 Easter Events

Easter Egg Hunt

🕙 10:00 am – Sunday, April 5

📍 First Floor

Easter Drop‑In Social

🕑 2:00 pm – Sunday, April 5

📍 The Country Kitchen

🌷 Special Activities

Mocktails & Spring Resolutions

🕜 1:30 pm – Monday, April 6

📍 Cedar & Spruce

Family Board Games Night

🕡 6:30 pm – Tuesday, April 7

📍 The Family Room

🙌 Volunteer Week

April 19–25

Details about upcoming events coming soon!

🌟 Volunteer at The Pines – There’s a Place for Everyone! 🌟

Volunteering at The Pines can be as relaxed or as structured as you’d like! Whether you’re interested in supporting our programs, dropping in for a friendly visit, or bringing along a well‑behaved pet to spread some smiles, there are lots of meaningful ways to get involved.

With so many volunteer opportunities available, we’re confident there’s something that’s just the right fit for you—or a member of your family.

👋 Students Welcome!

Know a teenager looking to complete their community service hours?

The Pines is a wonderful place for students to give back, connect with residents, and earn their volunteer hours in a welcoming and supportive environment.

📞 Get in Touch

If you’d like to learn more or get started, please connect with

Christina Rochette at ext. 4824 or by email at christina.rochette@muskoka.on.ca

✨ We can’t wait to hear from you and welcome you to our volunteer community! ✨

In collaboration with Public Health, the Oak Home Area Respiratory Outbreak has been declared over. Currently, three (3) residents remain symptomatic with coughing, congestion, and/or a runny nose. Those residents remain isolated at this time. Families have been notified, and test results have been received, and four (4) residents have tested positive for COVID. Please follow the signage on the resident's door if you are to visit. General Visitors are welcome at this time.

Please reach out to Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead, if you have any questions. stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca or ext. 4752

In collaboration with Public Health, the Oak Home Area remains in a Respiratory Outbreak. Currently, several residents are experiencing symptoms such as coughing, congestion, and/or a runny nose. Families have been notified, and test results have been received, and four (4) residents have tested positive for COVID. Please follow the signage on the resident's door if you are an essential caregiver and visit. Surgical Masks are still required in the home area.

If you have any questions about these precautions during your visit, please speak with the nursing staff.

The following infection control measures are to be implemented and followed:

• Masks required to be worn in the Oak Home Area
• Ensure the Public Health 4 moments of Hand Hygiene are followed
• No General Visitors to the Oak Home Area at this time
• Essential Caregivers two (2) at a time for visiting only
• Resident's Hand Hygiene before all meals and regularly throughout the day
• Ensure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is used properly- including donning before entering and removing before exiting the isolated resident’s room
• Residents are to remain in the affected home area at this time to reduce the risk of spread
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset
• Cohorting of residents and only small group activities in the home area for unaffected residents. Isolated residents to receive one-to-one activities.
• Twice daily high-touch surface cleaning- changing disinfecting product to a 1-minute contact time and containing sporicidal

Please reach out to Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead, if you have any questions. stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca or ext. 4752

In collaboration with Public Health, the Oak Home Area remains in a Respiratory Outbreak. Currently, several residents are experiencing symptoms such as coughing, congestion, and/or a runny nose. Families have been notified, and test results have been received, and four (4) residents have tested positive for COVID. Please follow the signage on the resident's door if you are an essential caregiver and visit. Surgical Masks are still required in the home area.

If you have any questions about these precautions during your visit, please speak with the nursing staff.

The following infection control measures are to be implemented and followed:

• Masks required to be worn in the Oak Home Area
• Ensure the Public Health 4 moments of Hand Hygiene are followed
• No General Visitors to the Oak Home Area at this time
• Essential Caregivers two (2) at a time for visiting only
• Resident's Hand Hygiene before all meals and regularly throughout the day
• Ensure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is used properly- including donning before entering and removing before exiting the isolated resident’s room
• Residents are to remain in the affected home area at this time to reduce the risk of spread
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset
• Cohorting of residents and only small group activities in the home area for unaffected residents. Isolated residents to receive one-to-one activities.
• Twice daily high-touch surface cleaning- changing disinfecting product to a 1-minute contact time and containing sporicidal

Please reach out to Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead, if you have any questions. stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca or ext. 4752

March 31st marks International Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV), which started in 2009. TDOV is dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide, as well as celebrating their contributions to society.

• Resource: https://egale.ca/egale-in-action/trans-day-of-visibility-2024/

A Public Inspection and Order Report has been posted on the ministry's Reports on Long-Term Care Homes website, and can be accessed through this link.

In collaboration with Public Health, the Oak Home Area remains in a Respiratory Outbreak. Currently, several residents are experiencing symptoms such as coughing, congestion, and/or a runny nose. Families have been notified, and test results have been received, and four (4) residents have tested positive for COVID. Please follow the signage on the resident's door if you are an essential caregiver and visit. Surgical Masks are still required in the home area.

If you have any questions about these precautions during your visit, please speak with the nursing staff.

The following infection control measures are to be implemented and followed:

• Masks required to be worn in the Oak Home Area
• Ensure the Public Health 4 moments of Hand Hygiene are followed
• No General Visitors to the Oak Home Area at this time
• Essential Caregivers two (2) at a time for visiting only
• Resident's Hand Hygiene before all meals and regularly throughout the day
• Ensure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is used properly- including donning before entering and removing before exiting the isolated resident’s room
• Residents are to remain in the affected home area at this time to reduce the risk of spread
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset
• Cohorting of residents and only small group activities in the home area for unaffected residents. Isolated residents to receive one-to-one activities.
• Twice daily high-touch surface cleaning- changing disinfecting product to a 1-minute contact time and containing sporicidal

Please reach out to Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead, if you have any questions. stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca or ext. 4752

In collaboration with Public Health, the Oak Home Area remains in a Respiratory Outbreak. Currently, several residents are experiencing symptoms such as coughing, congestion, and/or a runny nose. Families have been notified, and test results have been received, and four (4) residents have tested positive for COVID. Please follow the signage on the resident's door if you are an essential caregiver and visit. Surgical Masks are still required in the home area.

If you have any questions about these precautions during your visit, please speak with the nursing staff.

The following infection control measures are to be implemented and followed:

• Masks required to be worn in the Oak Home Area
• Ensure the Public Health 4 moments of Hand Hygiene are followed
• No General Visitors to the Oak Home Area at this time
• Essential Caregivers two (2) at a time for visiting only
• Resident's Hand Hygiene before all meals and regularly throughout the day
• Ensure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is used properly- including donning before entering and removing before exiting the isolated resident’s room
• Residents are to remain in the affected home area at this time to reduce the risk of spread
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset
• Cohorting of residents and only small group activities in the home area for unaffected residents. Isolated residents to receive one-to-one activities.
• Twice daily high-touch surface cleaning- changing disinfecting product to a 1-minute contact time and containing sporicidal

Please reach out to Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead, if you have any questions. stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca or ext. 4752

In collaboration with Public Health, the Oak Home Area remains in a Respiratory Outbreak. Currently, several residents are experiencing symptoms such as coughing, congestion, and/or a runny nose. Families have been notified, and test results have been received, and four (4) residents have tested positive for COVID. Please follow the signage on the resident's door if you are an essential caregiver and visit. Surgical Masks are still required in the home area.

If you have any questions about these precautions during your visit, please speak with the nursing staff.

The following infection control measures are to be implemented and followed:

• Masks required to be worn in the Oak Home Area
• Ensure the Public Health 4 moments of Hand Hygiene are followed
• No General Visitors to the Oak Home Area at this time
• Essential Caregivers two (2) at a time for visiting only
• Resident's Hand Hygiene before all meals and regularly throughout the day
• Ensure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is used properly- including donning before entering and removing before exiting the isolated resident’s room
• Residents are to remain in the affected home area at this time to reduce the risk of spread
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset
• Cohorting of residents and only small group activities in the home area for unaffected residents. Isolated residents to receive one-to-one activities.
• Twice daily high-touch surface cleaning- changing disinfecting product to a 1-minute contact time and containing sporicidal

Please reach out to Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead, if you have any questions. stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca or ext. 4752

In collaboration with Public Health, the Oak Home Area remains in a Respiratory Outbreak. Currently, several residents are experiencing symptoms such as coughing, congestion, and/or a runny nose. Families have been notified, and test results have been received, and four (4) residents have tested positive for COVID. Please follow the signage on the resident's door if you are an essential caregiver and visit. Surgical Masks are still required in the home area.

If you have any questions about these precautions during your visit, please speak with the nursing staff.

The following infection control measures are to be implemented and followed:

• Masks required to be worn in the Oak Home Area
• Ensure the Public Health 4 moments of Hand Hygiene are followed
• No General Visitors to the Oak Home Area at this time
• Essential Caregivers two (2) at a time for visiting only
• Resident's Hand Hygiene before all meals and regularly throughout the day
• Ensure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is used properly- including donning before entering and removing before exiting the isolated resident’s room
• Residents are to remain in the affected home area at this time to reduce the risk of spread
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset
• Cohorting of residents and only small group activities in the home area for unaffected residents. Isolated residents to receive one-to-one activities.
• Twice daily high-touch surface cleaning- changing disinfecting product to a 1-minute contact time and containing sporicidal

Please reach out to Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead, if you have any questions. stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca or ext. 4752