Dear Residents’ Family, Friends, Decision-Makers and Guildford Community – Daily Update,
Please find previous weekly & daily updates of Guildford Seniors Village located on our Website https://www.retirementconcepts.com/category/guildford-seniors-village/
A Message From General Manager, Camila
Dear Family;
Thank you for trusting Guildford Seniors Village during our outbreak. We are happy to announce that we have been declared free from outbreak and we are delighted to inform you that our designated visitation can resume and we can have some normalcy back.
We appreciate you having trusted us in caring for your loved one and it is an honour.
Camila Nunes, MBA, BSN | General Manager
604-582-0808 ext: 103 | Cell: 604-362-9621
It is with great celebration that we share the news that Covid Outbreak has officially been declared over today, Jan 19th, by health authority.
As we transition in a stepdown process, some protocols continue.
We gratefully remain with no new infections nor symptoms, and that no residents have been infected to-date.
We will continue to communicate with weekly emails to you and on our website.
We thank each of you for prioritizing a united collaboration in managing all risks and supporting the health of residents.
We continue to follow the directive of health authorities.
As we resume Visitations, our team will reach out to you to schedule in person, and thank you for your patience.
- Phone Calls & Virtual Visits (Skype, Facetime & Zoom) continue.
- To email your message to your loved one, email gsv-familyvisits@retirementconcepts.com or call 604-582-0808 ext 203.
- Please no Food deliveries from family at this time.
In our Step Down Transition at this time we continue:
- 1st floor neighborhood dining rooms are currently closed; room service of home cooked Winter Menu & Snacks in disposable containers remain in effect. Dining Furnishings are being sanitized to return to Dining Rooms to reopen to residents.
- 2nd floor neighborhood dining rooms continue to welcome residents; home cooked dining is served in disposables in the Rosewood & Arbutus Neighborhood for time being.
- Cohorting resident & staff by neighborhood, includes housekeeping services
- Strict compliance with PPE, Health Pre-Screen 2x daily for all essential staff & residents continues.
- Daily Education regarding PPE, donning/doffing, protocols & hand hygiene includes enhanced Huddle Guide.
- PPE stock & replenishment is stable.
Recreation
- We no longer cohort by neighbourhood, only by floor.
- We return to our pre-outbreak protocol of one-to-one and small group programs.
- Guided by residents’ interests, & care plan, activities may include word search & crossword puzzles, knitting, reading, hand massage & Serenity Nail Spa, walking & reading emailed messages from loved ones’.
- Experiences are meaningful and personalized
Therapeutic Recreation Resident Programs include a variety of art programs.
Have you tried ‘adult colouring books’?
If you have any questions regards to the health of your family member, please call our RNs @ 604-582 0808 ext. 250.
Thank you all for your patience & cooperation as we minimize all risk factors, with focus on each resident and the continued high level care and safety of within.
What Is Your Passion? “To Help Others”
Lead Nurse Levie cherishes her journey of perseverance to become a nurse. “I really love my job”.
As the eldest of five brothers, there were high expectations set on her young shoulders, and she was raised as a caregiver –
so nursing was a perfect fit!
Living near a hospital when she was young, “my father was military police, and I grew up around military nurses & wanted to be ‘one of them’”.
She emigrated from the Philippines, to live in Libya though her studies, and was one of 21 first nurse graduates of the Makapi Medical Centre.
Levie celebrates 18 years working as a nurse in Long Term Care, and through “ups & downs, blessings & passion for teamwork”,
led her to Guildford Seniors Village for past 8 years.
We celebrate YOU Levie!
Family Council Zoom & Teleconference Monthly Meetings Save The Date!
January 21, 2021 3:30 – 4:30pm & February 18, 2021 3:30 – 4:30pm
Featuring Aging Well Education presented by educators from BC Alzheimers Society: Part 1 & 2 “Understanding Dementia & Behaviour Tips / Resources”
We are honoured to welcome their expertise, and especially valuable for loved ones & caregivers.
To RSVP, please email sbarr@retirementconcepts.com or call 604-582-0808 ext 125, and we will send you a direct invite.
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Your continued safety and health excellence is vital.
We wish you continued health excellence,
from All of Us in Guildford Seniors Village