The Pines Resident & Family Portal

The Maple Home Area remains in Covid -19 Outbreak and Unknown Respiratory Outbreak at this time.

We now have 9 confirmed Covid Positive residents on Maple and 5 other symptomatic residents.

We remain in enhanced respiratory surveillance in Birch with 1 covid positive resident and 1 resident with unknown pathogen on isolation.

Enhanced Infection Control Measures at this time include:

• Increased hand hygiene
• Increased Personal Protective Equipment audits and hand hygiene audits
• Twice daily symptom screening on Maple and Birch unit
• Staff cohorting where possible
• Mandatory N95 masks and Eye protection at all times on Maple
• Eye protection and surgical masks on Birch
• No general Visitors and only 2 essential caregivers at a time on the Maple home area
• Twice enhanced cleaning of high-touch surfaces.

Please reach out if you have any questions to Melissa Muir-Clark, IPAC Lead.

The Maple Home Area remains in Covid -19 Outbreak and Unknown Respiratory Outbreak at this time.

Currently, there are three (3) confirmed Covid Positive residents and four (4) other symptomatic residents with an unknown pathogen.

The Birch Home Area remains under Enhanced Respiratory Surveillance with one (1) Covid positive resident and two (2) residents with an unknown pathogen.

Enhanced Infection Control Measures at this time include:

• No general visitors to Maple Home Area at this time. Two (2)Essential Caregivers at a time.
• Increased Personal Protective Equipment audits and hand hygiene audits
• Twice daily symptom screening on Maple and Birch unit
• Staff cohorting where possible
• Mandatory N95 masks and eye protection at all times on Maple
• Eye protection and surgical masks on Birch
• Twice daily cleaning of high-touch surfaces.

Please reach out to Melissa Muir-Clark, IPAC Lead, if you have any questions.

Community engagement is an essential part of the planning process. All stages of MAHC's planning have included opportunities for internal and external stakeholders to provide feedback through both information sessions and dedicated surveys.

January Community Open Houses

MAHC is excited to hold a series of six (6) in-person Community Open Houses from January 16 to 21, 2023, and virtual sessions on January 23 and January 25, 2023. At these sessions we will:

• Update you on the planning journey and our progress to date
• Explore land options in Bracebridge for a new location of the SMMH Site
• Discuss preliminary criteria for choosing the best location
• Answer your questions and invite your feedback

Attend an in-person open house near you!

Huntsville: Monday, January 16, 2023 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Active Living Centre (first floor) at 20 Park Street

Gravenhurst: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Terry Fox Auditorium in the Gravenhurst Centennial Centre at 101 Centennial Drive

Burk’s Falls: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Armour, Ryerson & Burk’s Falls Memorial Arena, 2nd floor hall at 220 Centre Street

Lake of Bays: Thursday, January 19, 2023 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Dwight Community Centre at 1014 Dwight Beach Road

Port Carling: Saturday, January 21, 2023 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. at the Port Carling Community Centre at 3 Bailey Street

Bracebridge: Saturday, January 21, 2023 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. at the Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre at 100 Clearbrook Trail

Register to attend a virtual open house

Virtual open houses are scheduled on Monday, January 23, 2023 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. or Wednesday, January 25, 2023 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Register for the Zoom link to attend a virtual open house.

The Maple Home Area remains in Covid -19 Outbreak at this time. We remain with 2 confirmed Covid Positive residents on maple and 2 other symptomatic residents with an unknown pathogen.

No General Visitors to Maple Home Area at this time.

We remain in enhanced surveillance in Birch with 1 covid positive resident and 1 resident with an unknown pathogen.

Enhanced Infection Control Measures at this time on Maple include:

• Increased Personal Protective Equipment audits and hand hygiene audits
• Twice daily symptom screening on Maple and Birch unit
• Staff cohorting where possible
• Mandatory N95 masks and Eye protection at all times on Maple

Please reach out if you have any questions.

The Maple Home Area remains in Covid -19 Outbreak at this time. We currently have 2 confirmed Covid Positive residents on maple with 2 other symptomatic residents with an unknown pathogen.

We remain in enhanced surveillance in Birch with 1 covid positive resident and 1 resident with an unknown pathogen.

Enhanced Infection Control Measures at this time on Maple include:

• Increased Personal Protective Equipment audits and hand hygiene audits
• Twice daily symptom screening on Maple and Birch unit
• Staff cohorting, where possible
• Mandatory N95 masks and Eye protection at all times on Maple

Please reach out if you have any questions.

In collaboration with Public Health, the Maple Unit at The Pines has been declared Covid -19 Outbreak. We currently have 2 confirmed Covid Positive residents on maple with 2 other symptomatic residents with an unknown pathogen.

Enhanced Infection Control Measures at this time on Maple include:

• General Visiting is suspended at this time; essential caregivers only.
• Increased Personal Protective Equipment audits and hand hygiene audits
• Twice daily symptom screening on Maple unit
• Staff cohorting where possible
• Mandatory N95 masks and Eye protection at all times on Maple

Please reach out to Melissa Muir-Clarke, IPAC Lead, if you have any questions.

We continue to be on Enhanced Surveillance for Covid-19 in Maple Woods Home Area. Visiting is not impacted at this time.

The appropriate PPE and N95 masks are provided outside the residents' rooms, and signage indicates the necessary PPE precautions.

On Units, Enhanced measures at this time include:

• Increased hand hygiene
• Increased PPE audits and hand hygiene audits
• Twice daily symptom screening on Maple and Birch unit
• Staff cohorting where possible
• N95 Masks and Eye Protection are strongly encouraged to be used at all times on both units.

N95 masks and Eye protection can be found in the swabbing area and in front of the Maple and Birch units.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Melissa Muir-Clark, IPAC Lead.

We have received notification that the parking by-laws including "no parking between the hours of 2 a.m.- 6 a.m. between October 16-April 15 will be enforced from the angled parking on Pine Street". Please do not park before 6 am or you could receive a ticket.

The Bracebridge Bylaw Officers will enforce this. We are working with the Town of Bracebridge to review this bylaw for Pine Street and will update you if this changes.

Thank you

You may also attend in-person at the Pines in the Fran Coleman Room or with Zoom link below.

Wednesday December 21, 2022 starting at 6:30 p.m.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89455264812?pwd=OXdVYnNodUJWSDZnWXlWM3huS1RMZz09

Meeting ID: 894 5526 4812
Passcode: 506904

Any questions related to these meetings can be directed to Jill Gaston.

Meeting Documents:

• Family Council Agenda December 2022
• Family Council Nov 16-22 (Scot Gray)
• Resource for FC_Oct-Nov_Now What
• TP-FC Minutes Nov. 16-22
• 2022-23 Fall Winter Menus
• Admin Family Update November 2022

This is the time of year to be thankful and we appreciate that you would like to say thank you to the staff caring for your loved one. With this being said, our staff are not to accept individual gifts. If you would like to provide something to the team, please ensure that it is something that can be shared, but with COVID restrictions we need to ensure that everything is individually wrapped or something as simple as a "Thank you" is enough.

We celebrate regularly as a team and will continue to do this through the holiday season.