The Pines Resident & Family Portal

Due to unforeseen circumstances the final two sessions with the Alzheimer's Society have been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Our team is looking to determine who all the veterans are within the home. If your loved one is a veteran, please contact our activities department at extension 4873 or email Lisa Friesen, Activity Aide, at lisa.friesen@muskoka.on.ca

We would like to ensure that all of our veterans are properly recognize at the ceremony on November 11th, 2023.

Thank you

All Long-Term Care homes in Ontario received notification that due to the recent trends showing a moderate to high level of community transmission of COVID-19 and an increase in COVID-19 outbreaks in home, with an increased risk of hospitalization amongst residents. We will be required to follow the masking guidelines below.

Based on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the following enhanced masking measures for non-outbreak situations are being put into effect in LTCHs:

• Requiring staff, students, support workers, and volunteers to wear a mask when in resident areas indoors, and
• Strongly recommending visitors and caregivers to wear a mask in resident areas indoors except when with the resident in the resident’s room or when eating or drinking with a resident in communal spaces. If a resident in a shared room is uncomfortable with others removing their mask, homes are encouraged to designate a space to enable the roommate to have visitors without masking.

We will be implementing the following changes as of November 6, 2023.

On behalf of Family Council for The Pines Long Term Care all residents' family and persons of importance of residents are invited to Family Council.

Meeting: Wednesday November 15, 2023 at 6:30 p.m.

Guest Speaker: Clinical Lead, Natasha Thompson Presenting:

• Restorative Care,
• Core Topics: Falls, Skin and Wound, Pain, and Continence.

The Mission of Family Council includes:

“To provide a forum where residents' families and residents' persons of importance (Family Council Members) come together to share experiences and explore ways to improve the quality of life and care of residents of the Pines Long Term Care Home”

Join Zoom Meeting Link (below), 6:30 p.m.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89455264812?pwd=OXdVYnNodUJWSDZnWXlWM3huS1RMZz09 (External link)

Meeting ID: 894 5526 4812 Passcode: 506904

In collaboration with Public Health, heightened surveillance has been lifted for the Oak Home Area as of November 2, 2023.

Thank you for your patience

The new generator installation is going very smoothly and its completion is less than a month away. The remaining electrical work will require three to four power interruptions, each lasting up to 4 hours in duration. The next outage is planned for Monday November 6th, 2023, from 11:00am to 3:00pm. During this outage we will be powered by our temporary generator which provides partial power to the building. As a reminder, resident rooms will not have power as they normally do during a power outage.

Due to limited power in the main kitchen and the inability to keep meals hot, a modified cold lunch will be offered.

Should you have any questions or concerns please reach out.

Thank you for your patience

The Oak Home Area remains on heightened surveillance related to one (1) resident COVID case.

The following measures remain in place:

• N95 mask use and eye protection at all times
• Twice daily respiratory screening for all residents
• Activities for Oak residents are to be cohorted and encouraged to stay on unit
• Close contacts should not visit unaffected areas of the home (we will treat all of Oak this way for the time being)
• ALL residents of the home to be offered masks when joining a group activity
• ALL residents to be offered hand hygiene when leaving or entering any area and before and after eating
• Enhanced High Touch Surfaces cleaning in Oak and in common areas throughout the home

Thank you