The Pines Resident & Family Portal

Please join us Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at 6:00 pm for updates and information.

Click on the link to join us for the Pines Family Zoom meeting to find out updates related to the Home.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82332900040?pwd=ZnI1L0ZhRzdCMy80SjlSUngzREUydz09

Meeting ID: 823 3290 0040

Passcode: 562527

We hope to see you there!

On August 18th, the government launched Ontario’s Plan to Stay Open: Health System Stability and Recovery. This five-point action plan was developed to address Ontario’s urgent need to stabilize the health and long-term care sectors and preserve our hospital capacity this fall/winter and into the future. As we look ahead, with the potential for a new wave of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses, our focus remains on ensuring patients, residents, clients, and communities continue to receive the care they need from our health system. This means ensuring Ontarians receive the right care in the right place.

Click on the link below to find out more information:

https://www.ontario.ca/page/plan-stay-open-health-system-stability-and-recovery

The home is happy to share that in collaboration with Public Health, our Heightened Surveillance has been declared over as of Tuesday, September 13, 2022.

Thank you for your support and understanding as we worked through this.

Bulletin from Ministry of Long-Term Care

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the annual long-term care home resident co-payment rate increase was deferred to October 1, 2022. Consistent with prior years, an inflationary increase of 2.5% will be applied to the co-payment for basic and preferred accommodation in Long-Term Care (LTC) Homes.

Basic Accommodation Rates

On October 1, 2022, the co-payment that residents pay for basic accommodation in Long-Term Care (LTC) homes will increase by $1.55 per day from $62.18 per day to $63.73 per day, consistent with recent inflationary increases. This will help cover the rising costs of meals and accommodation.

Preferred Accommodation Rates

The maximum charges will also be increasing for residents admitted to newer preferred accommodation beds on or after October 1, 2022. The premium charged for semi-private accommodation will increase by $0.32 from $12.78 to $13.10 per day, and the premium for private accommodation will increase by $0.67 from $26.64 to $27.31 per day.

The heightened surveillance has been lifted for Birch as of today, in collaboration with Public Health. The N95 masks will be discontinued in the Birch home area.

Thank you to those that were able to attend the meeting last evening. Below is the recording of the meeting if you wish to watch it.

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/jV5sCl8rF9uJrjlaDy9BWUR2PAY1dTdWZi86p5ITqliYAzab8PJAU69Kr17jmd-t.VZBsuyZV3ywbwmTv?startTime=1660687331000

Passcode: B37M.N*4

Do you know someone that would be a good fit to work in Long Term Care?

•We have many different opportunities for employment in the home; including housekeeping, dietary, nursing, and more.

•We also offer education grants and funding opportunities.

If you know someone that might be interested in applying to the home, please direct them to the page below.

•https://www.muskoka.on.ca/en/careers-and-volunteering/careers-the-pines-long-term-care-home.aspx

Phoebe Roy, Assistant Director of Care, will be relocating for a career opportunity in Labour and Delivery nursing. We wish her well in her future endeavors. Her last day will be September 6, 2022. We will be actively recruiting over the next several months to find a new ADOC. We will post information related to the recruitment when it is available.