In collaboration with Public Health, The Gastroenteritis Outbreak in the Cedar Home Area has been declared over. The Spruce area remains in a Gastroenteritis Outbreak with one (1) active case and a total of four (4). Family members of those residents affected have been notified.

The following infection control measures are to be implemented:

• Surgical Masks are encouraged at all times in the Spruce Home Area
• Ensure the Public Health 4 moments of Hand Hygiene are followed
• 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
• *If residents insist on leaving the home area, please assist them with masking or a visor and encourage outdoor visiting.
• Twice daily respiratory symptom screening in Spruce Home Area
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset
• Dedicated equipment for those residents that share bathrooms.
• Cohorting of staff, when possible.
• 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 1-minute contact time
• Increased hand hygiene and PPE audits in the home area with coaching
• No General Visitors currently on Spruce. Only two (2) essential caregivers at a time.

Please ensure that you are following the IPAC practices listed above as they are in place to protect residents, staff, essential caregivers, and visitors.

We will continue to provide updates as we move through the outbreak.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the nurse in charge.

From our Team to you and your family

We would like to inform you that Kim Sander will be moving on to another leadership opportunity outside of the Pines. Kim’s last day with the home will be January 8^th, 2025. We would like to sincerely thank Kim for her leadership, dedication, and professionalism in her role as Director of Care. We wish her all the best with her new endeavor. We are beginning the process of recruiting a replacement and will make an announcement as soon as we are able.

Please stop by if you have time to thank Kim and wish her well.

In collaboration with Public Health, the Cedar & Spruce Home Areas remain in a Gastroenteritis Outbreak with symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea. Family members of those residents affected have been notified.

The following infection control measures are to be implemented:

• Surgical Masks to be worn in the Cedar & Spruce Home Area
• Ensure the Public Health 4 moments of Hand Hygiene are followed
• 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
• *If residents insist on leaving the home area, please assist them with masking or a visor and encourage outdoor visiting.
• Twice daily respiratory symptom screening in Cedar & Spruce Home Area
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset
• Cohorting of staff, when possible.
• 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 1-minute contact time
• Increased hand hygiene and PPE audits in the home area with coaching
• Limit of two (2) essential caregivers at a time in the Spruce and Cedar Home Area
• No General Visitors to the Spruce and Cedar Home Area

Please ensure that you are following the IPAC practices listed above as they are in place to protect residents, staff, essential caregivers, and visitors.

We will continue to provide updates as we move through the outbreak.

If you have any questions, please contact the Nurse in Charge or Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead. stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca

In collaboration with Public Health, the Cedar & Spruce Home Areas remain in a Gastroenteritis Outbreak with symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea. Family members of those residents affected have been notified.

The following infection control measures are to be implemented:

• Surgical Masks to be worn in the Cedar & Spruce Home Area
• Ensure the Public Health 4 moments of Hand Hygiene are followed
• 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
• *If residents insist on leaving the home area, please assist them with masking or a visor and encourage outdoor visiting.
• Twice daily respiratory symptom screening in Cedar & Spruce Home Area
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset
• Cohorting of staff, when possible.
• 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 1-minute contact time
• Increased hand hygiene and PPE audits in the home area with coaching
• Limit of two (2) essential caregivers at a time in the Spruce and Cedar Home Area
• No General Visitors to the Spruce and Cedar Home Area

Please ensure that you are following the IPAC practices listed above as they are in place to protect residents, staff, essential caregivers, and visitors.

We will continue to provide updates as we move through the outbreak.

If you have any questions, please contact the Nurse in Charge or Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead. stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca

In collaboration with Public Health, the Cedar & Spruce Home Areas remain in a Gastroenteritis Outbreak with symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea. Family members of those residents affected have been notified.

The following infection control measures are to be implemented:

• Surgical Masks to be worn in the Cedar & Spruce Home Area
• Ensure the Public Health 4 moments of Hand Hygiene are followed
• 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
• *If residents insist on leaving the home area, please assist them with masking or a visor and encourage outdoor visiting.
• Twice daily respiratory symptom screening in Cedar & Spruce Home Area
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset
• Cohorting of staff, when possible.
• 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 1-minute contact time
• Increased hand hygiene and PPE audits in the home area with coaching
• Limit of two (2) essential caregivers at a time in the Spruce and Cedar Home Area
• No General Visitors to the Spruce and Cedar Home Area

Please ensure that you are following the IPAC practices listed above as they are in place to protect residents, staff, essential caregivers, and visitors.

We will continue to provide updates as we move through the outbreak.

If you have any questions, please contact the Nurse in Charge or Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead. stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca

In collaboration with Public Health, the Cedar & Spruce Home Areas remain in a Gastroenteritis Outbreak with symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea. Family members of those residents affected have been notified.

The following infection control measures are to be implemented:

• Surgical Masks to be worn in the Cedar & Spruce Home Area
• Ensure the Public Health 4 moments of Hand Hygiene are followed
• 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
• *If residents insist on leaving the home area, please assist them with masking or a visor and encourage outdoor visiting.
• Twice daily respiratory symptom screening in Cedar & Spruce Home Area
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset
• Cohorting of staff, when possible.
• 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 1-minute contact time
• Increased hand hygiene and PPE audits in the home area with coaching
• Limit of two (2) essential caregivers at a time in the Spruce and Cedar Home Area
• No General Visitors to the Spruce and Cedar Home Area

Please ensure that you are following the IPAC practices listed above as they are in place to protect residents, staff, essential caregivers, and visitors.

We will continue to provide updates as we move through the outbreak.

If you have any questions, please contact the Nurse in Charge or Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead. stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca

In collaboration with Public Health and after a thorough assessment, the Maple Home Area has been removed from the outbreak and Spruce Home Area has been added to the Gastroenteritis outbreak with two (2) residents showing symptoms. The Cedar Home Area remains in Outbreak with symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea.

The following infection control measures are to be implemented:

• Surgical Masks to be worn in the Cedar & Spruce Home Area
• Ensure the Public Health 4 moments of Hand Hygiene are followed
• 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
• *If residents insist on leaving the home area, please assist them with masking or a visor and encourage outdoor visiting.
• Twice daily respiratory symptom screening in Cedar & Spruce Home Area
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset
• Cohorting of staff, when possible.
• 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 1-minute contact time
• Increased hand hygiene and PPE audits in the home area with coaching
• Limit of two (2) essential caregivers at a time in the Spruce and Cedar Home Area
• No General Visitors to the Spruce and Cedar Home Area

Please ensure that you are following the IPAC practices listed above as they are in place to protect residents, staff, essential caregivers, and visitors.

We will continue to provide updates as we move through the outbreak.

If you have any questions, please contact the Nurse in Charge or Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead. stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca

In collaboration with Public Health, the Maple Home Area has been added to the Gastroenteritis outbreak with two (2) residents showing symptoms. The Cedar Home Area remains in Outbreak with symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea. Birch is currently in Enhanced Surveillance related to one (1) resident with gastroenteritis symptoms. The Oak Respiratory Outbreak has been declared over as of December 15, 2024. Enhanced surveillance continues in Cedar, related to one (1) resident testing positive for COVID.

The following infection control measures are to be implemented:

• Surgical Masks to be worn in the Cedar, Birch, & Maple Home Area
• Ensure the Public Health 4 moments of Hand Hygiene are followed
• 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
• *If residents insist on leaving the home area, please assist them with masking or a visor and encourage outdoor visiting.
• Twice daily respiratory symptom screening in Cedar, Birch, & Maple Home Area
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset
• Cohorting of staff, when possible.
• 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 1-minute contact time
• Increased hand hygiene and PPE audits in the home area with coaching
• Limit of two (2) essential caregivers at a time in the Maple and Cedar Home Area
• No General Visitors to the Maple and Cedar Home Area
• No impact on Visiting in Birch Home Area at this time

Please ensure that you are following the IPAC practices listed above as they are in place to protect residents, staff, essential caregivers, and visitors.

We will continue to provide updates as we move through the outbreak.

If you have any questions, please contact the Nurse in Charge or Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead. stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca