The Pines Resident & Family Portal

In collaboration with Public Health, we are in a Whole Home Respiratory Outbreak with confirmed cases of Influenza A.

Oak – 20 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Cedar – 15 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Spruce – 9 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Maple – 15 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Birch – 7 resident in isolation – confirmed cases

Essential Caregivers only at this time, no General Visitors to the entire home. Masks are mandatory facility while so please ensure you are wearing one at all times. Please avoid taking residents off of units, but if you do, please ensure they are also are wearing a mask.

Infection Control Guidelines for all Home Areas
Please follow these steps to help keep everyone safe:

Wear Surgical Masks

• Everyone must wear a surgical mask facility wide.

Wash your hands thoroughly

• Before touching a resident.
• After touching a resident or their surroundings.

Help Residents Clean Their Hands

• Make sure residents clean their hands before every meal and regularly throughout the day.

Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Correctly

• Put on PPE (like gloves, gowns, and masks) before entering an isolated resident’s room.
• Take off all PPE before leaving the room to avoid spreading germs.

Keep Residents in the Affected Home Area

• Residents are to remain in the affected home area at this time to reduce the risk of spreading illness.

If Residents Want to Leave the Area

• If a resident insists on leaving, help them wear a mask or visor to protect others. Encourage outdoor visits instead of indoor ones when possible.

By following these steps, we can work together to keep our residents, staff, and visitors safe!

If you have questions, please reach out to the Nurse in Charge or Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead at stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca

In collaboration with Public Health, we are in a Whole Home Respiratory Outbreak with confirmed cases of Influenza A.

Oak – 16 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Cedar – 15 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Spruce – 10 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Maple – 15 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Birch – 7 resident in isolation – confirmed cases

Essential Caregivers only at this time, no General Visitors to the entire home. Masks are mandatory facility while so please ensure you are wearing one at all times. Please avoid taking residents off of units, but if you do, please ensure they are also are wearing a mask.

Infection Control Guidelines for all Home Areas
Please follow these steps to help keep everyone safe:

Wear Surgical Masks

• Everyone must wear a surgical mask facility wide.

Wash your hands thoroughly

• Before touching a resident.
• After touching a resident or their surroundings.

Help Residents Clean Their Hands

• Make sure residents clean their hands before every meal and regularly throughout the day.

Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Correctly

• Put on PPE (like gloves, gowns, and masks) before entering an isolated resident’s room.
• Take off all PPE before leaving the room to avoid spreading germs.

Keep Residents in the Affected Home Area

• Residents are to remain in the affected home area at this time to reduce the risk of spreading illness.

If Residents Want to Leave the Area

• If a resident insists on leaving, help them wear a mask or visor to protect others. Encourage outdoor visits instead of indoor ones when possible.

By following these steps, we can work together to keep our residents, staff, and visitors safe!

If you have questions, please reach out to the Nurse in Charge or Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead at stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca

In collaboration with Public Health, we are in a Whole Home Respiratory Outbreak with confirmed cases of Influenza A.

Oak – 14 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Cedar – 14 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Spruce – 7 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Maple – 14 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Birch – 7 resident in isolation – confirmed cases

Essential Caregivers only at this time, no General Visitors to the entire home. Masks are mandatory facility while so please ensure you are wearing one at all times. Please avoid taking residents off of units, but if you do, please ensure they are also are wearing a mask.

Infection Control Guidelines for all Home Areas
Please follow these steps to help keep everyone safe:

Wear Surgical Masks

• Everyone must wear a surgical mask facility wide.

Wash your hands thoroughly

• Before touching a resident.
• After touching a resident or their surroundings.

Help Residents Clean Their Hands

• Make sure residents clean their hands before every meal and regularly throughout the day.

Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Correctly

• Put on PPE (like gloves, gowns, and masks) before entering an isolated resident’s room.
• Take off all PPE before leaving the room to avoid spreading germs.

Keep Residents in the Affected Home Area

• Residents are to remain in the affected home area at this time to reduce the risk of spreading illness.

If Residents Want to Leave the Area

• If a resident insists on leaving, help them wear a mask or visor to protect others. Encourage outdoor visits instead of indoor ones when possible.

By following these steps, we can work together to keep our residents, staff, and visitors safe!

If you have questions, please reach out to the Nurse in Charge or Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead at stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca

In collaboration with Public Health, we are in a Whole Home Respiratory Outbreak with confirmed cases of Influenza A.

Oak – 13 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Cedar – 13 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Spruce – 5 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Maple – 12 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Birch – 7 resident in isolation – confirmed cases

Essential Caregivers only at this time, no General Visitors to the entire home.

Infection Control Guidelines for all Home Areas
Please follow these steps to help keep everyone safe:

Wear Surgical Masks

• Everyone must wear a surgical mask facility wide.

Wash your hands thoroughly

• Before touching a resident.
• After touching a resident or their surroundings.

Help Residents Clean Their Hands

• Make sure residents clean their hands before every meal and regularly throughout the day.

Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Correctly

• Put on PPE (like gloves, gowns, and masks) before entering an isolated resident’s room.
• Take off all PPE before leaving the room to avoid spreading germs.

Keep Residents in the Affected Home Area

• Residents are to remain in the affected home area at this time to reduce the risk of spreading illness.

If Residents Want to Leave the Area

• If a resident insists on leaving, help them wear a mask or visor to protect others. Encourage outdoor visits instead of indoor ones when possible.

By following these steps, we can work together to keep our residents, staff, and visitors safe!

If you have questions, please reach out to the Nurse in Charge or Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead at stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca

The next outbreak update will be provided on Monday, March 24, 2025.

In collaboration with Public Health, we are in a Whole Home Respiratory Outbreak with confirmed cases of Influenza A.

Oak – 13 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Cedar – 11 residents in isolation – confirmed cases
Spruce – 2 resident in isolation – swab results pending
Maple – 6 residents in isolation – swab results pending
Birch – 4 resident in isolation – swab results pending

To help support the outbreak, all planned activities for this weekend have been canceled. Essential Caregivers only at this time, no General Visitors to the entire home.

Infection Control Guidelines for all Home Areas
Please follow these steps to help keep everyone safe:

Wear Surgical Masks

• Everyone must wear a surgical mask facility wide.

Wash your hands thoroughly

• Before touching a resident.
• After touching a resident or their surroundings.

Help Residents Clean Their Hands

• Make sure residents clean their hands before every meal and regularly throughout the day.

Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Correctly

• Put on PPE (like gloves, gowns, and masks) before entering an isolated resident’s room.
• Take off all PPE before leaving the room to avoid spreading germs.

Keep Residents in the Affected Home Area

• Residents are to remain in the affected home area at this time to reduce the risk of spreading illness.

If Residents Want to Leave the Area

• If a resident insists on leaving, help them wear a mask or visor to protect others. Encourage outdoor visits instead of indoor ones when possible.

By following these steps, we can work together to keep our residents, staff, and visitors safe!

If you have questions, please reach out to the Nurse in Charge or Stephanie Albert, IPAC Lead at stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca

Thank you to those that were able to attend the meeting. If you would like to review the recording, please click on the link below. This is a reminder that the records will be the minutes for this Council. Below are the guest speakers who participated in the meeting and information about how to get in touch with a Family Council member to get more information.

March 2025 Family Council Agenda
March Family Council Recording
Passcode: 7e?BT&eh

If you have questions and want to learn more about Family Council. Please reach out to Christina Rochette, Family Council liaison, to connect you with a member.

Just a reminder that we will be starting a week long flooring replacement project on March 24th. The goal will be to remove the old carpeting from the 2nd floor common areas which include the multifaith and contemplation room, the staff hallway, the hallway towards the Fran Coleman Room and the elevators.

The new flooring will be a True North Luxury Vinyl product, produced by a family-owned Canadian company. This product can withstand the heaviest commercial traffic environments and has the thickest, most durable wear layer in the industry. The colour will match the vinyl flooring currently on our 1st floor.

Floor replacement can somewhat disruptive so most of the work will be done overnight. The affected are not within any Resident Home Areas so sleep will not be disrupted.

Photo courtesy of Kimberly Rideout

Muskoka 411 Article: The Pines Taps Local Artist To Expand Donor Recognition Wall

"The community has given so much support to Bracebridge’s the Pines Long-Term Care Home over the years that they ran out of space to honour the contributions, leading the home to bring in a local artist to expand their donor recognition wall."

Here is a link to the full article.

April 17 – 10:30 am Easter Couples Club in the Family Room

April 20 – 2:00 pm Home Wide Easter Egg Hunts

April 24 – Mexican Theme Day – Home wide Mexican themed events and Mexican cuisine in dining rooms

April 29 – Western Theme Day – Wear your jeans and cowboy hats!

April 29 – Western Themed Pub Night