Guildford Seniors Village – Update 20 May 2020

We continue to cherish a healthy community due to the following protocols to prevent COVID -19 from entering our community.

With tremendous gratitude, we thank Harpist, leannerharpsong.com, who kindly and generously serenaded our Guildford Seniors Village Nurses in a show of appreciation last week as they arrived to work or completed their shifts. The sun shining, and miniature cakes added to the  sweetness of the day!

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.  We look forward to serving Chef’s Special Sweet & Sour Pork (alternate of chicken or vegetarian dish) this week.

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

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!

Stay tuned for our next update on Saturday, May 23.  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 Thank You for continued support and patience.