To all Family Members and Friends of Dufferin Care Centre, Please be advised that we do not have an outbreak at Dufferin. Visitation Guidelines: All residents will be allowed regular, frequent, and routine opportunities for social visitation The “single designated social visitor” restriction will be removed, allowing additional family and friends to visit Individuals 12 […]
To all Family Members and Friends of Dufferin Care Centre, Please be advised that we currently have a Covid outbreak on the 1st floor. No outbreak on 2nd floor. Visitation as per usual for 2nd floor but limited to “single designated and social visitor” to 1st floor. There will be weekly updates going out […]
COVID 19 Safety Plan Instructions – Long Term Care This planning tool has been designed to guide Long Term Care organizations through WorkSafeBC’s six-step process to reduce the risk of COVID-19 in Long Term Care. Briefly, these steps are: Step 1: Assess the risk at your workplace Step 2: Implement measures to reduce the risk […]
In March 2020, we came face to face with one of the biggest challenges in our lifetime, the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic. Strict restrictions were placed on all long-term care and assisted living communities to protect residents against the deadly virus. This meant immense sacrifices by residents, families and staff to keep residents safe and healthy. […]
To all Family Members and Friends of Dufferin Care Centre, Please be advised that our weekly family updates will be discontinued. Our updates will start again if Dufferin Care Centre begins to experience COVID again. We will continue to communicate as per pre-covid with the monthly newsletter, 1:1 meetings, Family council meetings, emails and […]
To all Family Members and Friends of Dufferin Care Centre, Happy Canada Day! We hope you all enjoy a safe and cool Canada Day! BC is moving to Step 3 starting July 1st. It was announced by the Premier that masks are no longer mandatory in indoor spaces, with the exception of Long […]
To all Family Members and Friends of Dufferin Care Centre, As you may be aware, some areas of the province might experience temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above seasonal in the coming few days. These extreme heat events can trigger a variety of heat-related illnesses. Older adults are especially sensitive to the health effects […]
To all Family Members and Friends of Dufferin Care Centre, We would like to remind you of our Family Council Meeting today, June 17th at 3:30 pm. (please note time change) If you would like to join the meeting please contact mtoth@retirementconcets.com Happy Father’s Day to all of our Dad’s! We will be […]
To all Family Members and Friends of Dufferin Care Centre, Last week we celebrated donut day with the residents. There were amazing photos taken. Check out our Retirement Concepts Instagram and Facebook accounts to see our Dufferin Care Centre residents. We are happy to welcome families back into Dufferin Care Center. Please be […]
To all Family Members and Friends of Dufferin Care Centre, We are happy to announce we are now out of outbreak and no longer in the step down process. Congratulations to the team at Dufferin Care Centre, and for the families patience and understanding. Together we are #dufferinstrong. We are remaining vigilant and […]