Dear Residents & Families,
Thank you for your support as we work hard to keep your loved ones and our staff as safe as possible.
COVID-19 TESTING
As of today, we have no positive cases of COVID-19 in our Bainbridge Senior Living communities. We are actively monitoring for symptoms or circumstances which match those related to COVID-19. Move-ins are being welcomed with safety protocols in place, including quarantine.
Last month, our state Secretary of Health ordered that assisted living facilities with memory care units administer COVID-19 tests to staff and consenting residents.
Staff testing at Madrona House took place last week. All 53 tests came back negative
. We expect to conduct resident testing at Madrona House this week. More information, including links to consent forms, a recorded Q&A session, etc. can be
found here
.
COMMUNITY UPDATE
Face coverings became mandatory in Washington on Friday (June 26
th
). With more than 31,750 confirmed coronavirus cases and 1,310 deaths, Gov. Jay Inslee and the State Health Secretary announced over the weekend that the rising number of COVID-19 cases makes it impossible for any county to move to Phase 4 of the
Safe Start plan
.
Kitsap County remains in Phase 2. The county’s
COVID-19 Risk Assessment Dashboard
shows 58 new cases of coronavirus in Kitsap this June. In May, there were 11. “High-risk populations” which include residents of long-term care facilities can “resume public interactions with physical distancing” under Phase 4.
As a reminder: new admissions, re-admissions, and re-entries -- or residents who may otherwise have been exposed to the public -- are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and
require a 14-day in-room quarantine or evaluation exception
from our internal Infection Control Officer.
