Guildford Seniors Village – Update 16 May 2020

We continue to cultivate a healthy community;  thank you for all messages, questions and feedback, which we value tremendously.  Together, our united goal is Resident safety in health, care & life enrichment.

As much as we would love to welcome back our community of families and loved ones, we must remain committed to health authority protocols regarding no visitors, with the exception of palliative circumstances, at this time.

Protocols

With strict compliance to the direction and protocols of our public health officials, we remain seriously committed to full enhanced preventative & precaution infection control protocols. We continue to monitor residents & staff closely and adhere to the following protocols:

• restricting ALL visitors from the premises
• ensuring no staff member is working in multiple communities
• staff are working strictly within an assigned neighborhood floor
• staff are removing outside clothing and footwear before entering the premises
• staff are pre-screened for their temperature & health indicators upon entrance to the building and midway through their shift
• social distancing is occurring among residents in each neighborhood, including during mealtimes
• appropriate application and removal of personal protective equipment (PPE), and the use of individual slings (cloth component of a personal lift)
• ensuring ongoing, enhanced environmental cleaning and increased frequency of high touch surfaces in order to break the chain of infection
• staff and residents are committed to regular/proper hand hygiene to break the chain of infection, by washing their hands with soap and water and applying hand sanitizer
• ongoing education Huddles to adapt and ensure current compliances are met, questions answered and team confidence in enhanced care protocols

Dining Room

Our four Neighborhood Dining Rooms have been opened to residents with service of home cooked meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as Snack Trolley room service afternoon and evenings.

Recreation

We continue with creating one-to-one visits and connecting resident with loved one as soon as possible with social calls, Facetime and/or Skype visit; please contact 604-582-0808 ext. 203 or email recreation-gsv@retirementconcepts.com to place your request.

If you would like to send a message or photos to your loved ones, kindly email recreation-gsv@retirementconcepts.com

Culinary

We look forward to serving a traditional favourite of Residents’ this Sunday of Roast Pork (or Vegetarian Alternate), Mashed Potatoes, Brussel Sprouts & much coveted Pumpkin Pie!

Deliveries

Please feel welcome to drop off items for your loved one (cards, flowers in vase, specific supplies if requested by Care Team)  in our lobby vestibule, however do press the speaker buzzer (to your left) to inform our team, as we will ensure sanitizing and delivery to loved one.  Please no food items for residents.  Thank you!

Did You Know:  “National Nursing Week 2020 is May 11-17.  The theme this year is Nurses: A Voice to Lead — Nursing the World to Health, {which truly captures the World-Wide HEROES whom we respect, cherish and celebrate- much KUDOS to our Nurses in Guildford Seniors Village}.

It always occurs from the Monday to the Sunday of Florence Nightingale’s birthday, May 12. The theme was developed by the International Council of Nurses (ICN) to showcase how nurses are central to addressing a wide range of health challenges. ICN says the theme will help raise the profile of the profession and attract a new generation into the nursing family. The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife in honour of the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth”. – See more at: https://cna-aiic.ca/en/news-room/events/national-nursing-week

Stay tuned for our next updates on Wednesday, May 20.  If there are any questions that you may have please call 604-582-0808 ext. 125.

On behalf of all us in Guildford Seniors Village, we wish you safety and a Happy Victoria Day on May 18^th.