Updated for the week of May 13, 2022 |
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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR |
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Hello Everyone,
Hope everyone is enjoying getting outside on these beautiful sunny days and soaking up lots of vitamin D on your patio.
We are really happy to share with you that we are expanding general visiting times. Please read on in the newsletter for the expanded times. In an effort to be clear, if you are visiting outside, you only need to go through the screening questions. You do not need to be swabbed. Please ensure your mask is on while visiting with your resident and remember there is no eating, drinking or smoking while visiting a resident on JMPC property.
Patios and Balcony’s:
We are in the process of getting our patio and balcony areas all cleaned up, swept up, washed up and set up for the season and encourage you to take your loved one out to these spaces for a visit. Below is a series of pictures showing some of the various outdoor sitting areas available for residents / essential caregivers to enjoy. The top 4 pictures feature the front upper balcony that can be enjoyed by anyone. The photo on the bottom left is what our ground floor interior garden areas look like (off of Rose Garden, Lilac Knoll, Spring Meadow). The bottom right photo is what our upper Home area balcony’s look like (Maple Lane, Orchard Trail and Cedar Grove). In addition to these spaces, we also have the front community garden off of the parking lot, along the front of the building and just outside the main entrance doors.
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I am an Essential Caregiver, where can I visit?
Essential Caregivers who are here supporting their resident from a non-outbreak area are able to go anywhere in the public spaces of the Home (both inside/outside). Please feel free to wander at your leisure. There are so many lovely places to sit and enjoy each other’s company.
- If you are visiting a resident in an Outbreak area (but the resident is not on isolation themselves), you are most welcome to go outside on that Home area to enjoy the fresh air with the resident.
- If you are supporting a resident who is in isolation, you need to confine your visit to the residents room only.
I am a General Visitor, where can I visit?
General visitors are required to book their visit in advance using picktime. Visits can occur in MacDonald Hall or outside in any of the front garden/sitting areas. By booking your visit, we can ensure to have your loved one brought outside for you once you have completed the screening questions. (swabbing is not necessary)
Spring Meadow:
7 residents are active as of this morning. At this time, with no additional COVID cases, we will be able to come out of Outbreak on May 22.
Cedar Grove:
3 residents are active as of this morning. At this time, with no additional COVID cases, we will be able to come out of Outbreak on May 21 2022.
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Tuesday May 24
Lilac Knoll and Orchard Trail Move:
In our May 6 newsletter, we shared that Candice is happy to conduct a tour of the second floor for any families from Lilac Knoll that are interested. Please feel free to connect with reception or directly with Candice at ext 7223 to book a tour prior to the move date. The move date for these Home areas is scheduled for Tuesday May 24 2022. We have taken pictures of resident bedrooms from Lilac and Orchard so that we can ensure to set them back up as they had them (unless the resident expressed wanting a different set up). We are fine tuning a move plan to ensure an efficient move and clear expectations. As an essential caregiver, if you would like to assist/support your resident on the move day, we would love to have you.
If you have any concerns, please feel free to reach out to Carolyn McConnell at ext 7259.
Window Visits:
Just a reminder that residents bedroom windows are NOT to be opened during window visits. We would encourage you to bring your cell phone so that you can talk on the phone but see each other through the window.
If this is your first time reading our newsletter, I would encourage you to go to this link where you will find the previous newsletters should you wish to view them.
Should you ever not want to receive these newsletters, please follow the prompts on the newsletter at the bottom to unsubscribe.
Also, if you ever feel that you would prefer to not have a picture of your loved one included in our Family Newsletter, please reach out to Bobbie-Joe at bblackburn@lennox-addington.on.ca or by calling at ext 7224.
Chat with you in our next newsletter which will be in your inbox on May 27 2022. If there are substantial changes prior to that, we will certainly send out a special update prior to our regular newsletter.
Have a great week,
Angela Malcolm
Director
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Infection Control from the desk of Emily Sarley |
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With the roll out of the new Fixing Long Term Care Act, we are required to provide specific IPAC related education to our Essential Caregivers. We also need to be able to demonstrate that we have provided the education and that everyone has participated / received it and that it met your needs as it relates to IPAC knowledge. With that said, here is a youtube link of an educational video prepared by Public Health that covers all the required content.
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Once you have watched the video, we will need you to complete the quiz found at the survey monkey link here by July 4 2022 in order to maintain your essential caregiver status:
Additional Resources that you are welcome to review:
Continue to educate yourself with IPAC (infection prevention and control) best practices to keep yourself and your person safe. Below are links for IPAC education for healthcare workers and essential caregivers.
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Please drop a copy of the residents 2021 Notice of Assessment to reception by June 1 2022 so that we can complete the necessary documentation for residents rent. |
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Designated Essential Caregivers Booster Dose |
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3rd Dose
Once you are eligible for your 3rd dose,
you have 30 days to provide proof of vaccination to JMPC.
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Designated Essential Caregivers |
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Fully Up to date with Vaccinations - Designated Essential Caregivers:
- Posted room occupancy limits still apply. (ie residents rooms have a capacity of 3 plus the resident)
- There is no limit to the number of people per resident at one time for outdoor visits.
- A rapid antigen test is required for indoor visits only.
- Rapid antigen testing is required every day you enter inclusive of the 15 min wait time for the results.
- The screening questions must be answered each time you enter including taking your temperature.
- Medical Grade Masks must be worn at all times whether visiting indoors or outdoors.
- No consumption of food /drink on the premises. (ongoing Ministry Directive)
Changes for those Not Yet a Designated Essential Caregiver:
- All requests to be a designated essential caregiver must already be fully up to date with their COVID vaccinations and provide proof before they will be approved.
Changing Designated Essential Caregivers:
- These changes in essential caregivers will be considered by the Home in very limited circumstances.
Window /Outdoor Visits:
We do support window/outdoor visits for those not wanting to enter the Home. These window/outdoor visits will occur in one of the MacDonald Hall non-opening front windows or under the covered patio at the front of the building only. The RSA staff will be available during visiting hours ((from 10:00 – 11:00am and 1:00pm-4:30pm and 6:00-7:00pm) to assist residents in getting to/from their pre-booked window or outside visit. This visit will need to be pre-booked using our online booking platform that you can find here. https://www.picktime.com/JMPC
NOTE: Individuals coming for an outdoor visit must still go through the screening process (no rapid antigen test) prior to the visit.
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General Visitors:
All General Visitors must be fully up to date with their COVID-19 vaccine and provide proof to the screeners to gain entrance.
General Visitors will be required to take their temperature using the wall mount facial recognition system in JMPC vestibule and answer the screening questions.
General Visitors will then be required to put the provided mask on and have a rapid antigen test. The test requires individuals to wait 15 min before they can proceed further.
Once a negative test result has been obtained, the general visitor will head to MacDonald Hall where they can have a visit with the resident.
General Visitor visits are confined to MacDonald Hall and tea room only on our main floor. Additionally, general visits can be booked outdoors in the front community garden.
For visits occurring outside, general visitors are not required to have a rapid antigen swab but do need to answer the screening questions.
There is no eating or drinking at any time while on the premises.
Visiting Hours for General Visitors are from (from 10:00 – 11:00am and 1:00pm-4:30pm and 6:00-7:00pm) seven seven days a week but do require pre-booking using our online booking platform accessible here.
Saturday, Sunday and statutory holidays must be pre-booked prior to 2pm on Friday’s before the weekend visit.
Our Resident Support Aides will assist resident to / from the visit.
REMINDER: General Visitors are not permitted to visit with residents on isolation or with residents in Home areas that are in outbreak.
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Here are 2 links that you can use to book your booster dose:
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Designated Essential Caregivers
Rapid Antigen Testing
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Rapid Antigen test every day that you enter the building AND must wait the 15 min in the testing area prior to going to see your person.
Available times for this testing are as follows:
Seven Days a Week
9:15am – 12pm
1:00 – 4:30pm
5:45-7:00pm
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Call Bell Replacement
We have begun replacement of our Call Bell System which had reached end of life and had become challenging to source parts for the system. Running the wiring began this week and will take approximately 3 weeks to complete. On week 4 the transition to the new system will occur along with training to the staff. There will be no changes from the residents side of this system.
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Menu
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Here is the week’s menu for May 9 - May 15
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At the exit door by the chapel area going out to the garden, you will find this sunscreen dispenser (orange tab). Please put some sunscreen on the resident if you are going outside. |
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Program
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Here is the week’s program schedule from May 8-14 for across the Home.
Please note: This link to the program calendar is updated each week and will take you to the current weeks calendar so you will have access to the two weeks of program calendars.
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Need to do some Adaptive / Accessible Clothes Shopping? |
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Here are some Canadian Options for your shopping enjoyment:
Where Dragons Fly
Perth, Ontario
(613) 466-0215
Geri Fashions
1-800-361-4374
EasyWear Adaptive Clothing Inc.
Cambridge, ON
1-888-908-7177
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This includes in the residents room, and in the tea room area.
This is a Ministry Directive that we must enforce.
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JMPC Fundraiser
for our Outdoor Community Garden
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Our fundraiser is making great progress and we are looking forward to the Spring when we can begin installing this music garden piece by piece.
To date we have $6735 towards this amazing project.
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All residents (unless they are isolating), regardless of their vaccination status can now go on social, day and overnight absences. Residents are strongly encouraged to wear a mask while they are out, use hand sanitizer, limit the number of people they interact with and try to interact with only fully vaccinated individuals.
No isolation is required unless a positive result is received. A PCR test will be done on residents who participate in these absences on day 5 following the absence or earlier if they present with symptoms.
Residents that go on absences on a daily or frequent basis will have a PCR test two times per week (for example, PCR on Tuesday and Friday).
If a resident has a known exposure to a case while on their absence, please inform the Home ASAP. This timely notification will help us ensure the safety of all residents that may be affected (ie tablemates, roommates, etc)
Social Absence Consideration:
For those who may consider taking a resident out on an absence, please be very aware of your own health symptoms and if you are feeling at all unwell, or were not feeling well the day before, please postpone your outing.
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Resident Home Areas -
Who to call when you have Questions?
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These Resident Home area extensions below will take you to the Charge Nurse who is the RPN on your persons floor.
The RPN is a great person to connect with if you have questions related to medications, health status updates, or general resident centered information.
This is the best person to start with.
If they are unable to answer your question, they will be able to direct you as to
where to go next.
The RN Team Leader extension is an option if you are having difficulty accessing your respective home area or have further concerns.
If following speaking with the RN Team Leader, you continue to have questions or concerns, please reach out to
Emily Sarley RN who is the Assistant Manager of Nursing (ext 7227) or Carol Corcoran RN who is the Manager of Nursing (ext 7226).
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Manager Point of Contact
For general inquiries related to COVID restrictions, overnight absences or to send your vaccination information:
(For absences please contact the charge nurse as outlined above)
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External Healthcare Services |
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We have had a number of enquiries from families regarding trying to access various external services for their loved one.
Dental Hygiene Services:
Roving Dental Hygiene – Karen De Luca RDH – 613-770-3801
Hearing Services:
Miracle Ear - Scott Laidman, Reg AHIP – 613-354-7223
Foot Care Services:
Donna Chandu-Lall – 613-329-4914
Jennifer Morris – 613-329-0271
Gerrie Plaizier – 613-329-3182
These are privately based on a fee for service .
Feel free to reach out to them if this is something of interest to you.
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Mandatory Training Videos |
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Training videos are mandatory for you to watch prior to entering the building |
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This training needs to be completed prior to your first visit and then monthly thereafter. |
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LTC Homes are to ensure that Essential Caregivers coming into the Home receive training on putting on and taking off PPE as well as training on effective hand washing. Below are the 2 video clips for you to view. You will be asked to confirm at the screening table that you have watched these 2 videos prior to entering.
Here are short video clips to resources that will help you to understand how to use PPE properly and how to effectively hand wash.
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Essential Caregiver Designation |
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We have a form that you can open electronically and fill in the blanks. There are a couple of options to return the form to us via email or fax. Alternatively, we will have hard copies of this document available with the screeners at JMPC where you can complete and drop off to them.
Essential Caregivers (who are designated by the resident/POA) must submit this form and be fully vaccinated (3 doses) to be approved as an essential caregiver. In the event that COVID restrictions are changed, it will be important to have this essential caregiver designation in place in advance as it is difficult to predict the restrictions that we may be directed to implement.
On a go forward basis residents are permitted to designate a maximum of 4 essential caregivers.
Changing Designated Essential Caregivers:
Changes in essential caregivers would be considered by the Home in very limited circumstances.
Should the resident/POA wish to change/add an essential caregiver, a new form will need to be submitted and await the approval process.
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Zoom is a great way to connect with your loved one.
It allows you to see each other while talking together.
Book your Zoom Visits online using Picktime!
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We ask that visits be scheduled a day ahead, and that weekend requests are completed by Friday at 2pm. For zoom visits, you will receive a confirmation email first. Then, 1 day prior to your zoom visit you will receive the zoom link emailed to you from the Home.
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If you have any questions or unable to access this online tool, please call 613-354-3306 and someone will help you Mon-Fri during business hours.
Need to Cancel your ZOOM?
The booking site doesn’t have that feature to cancel yourself online unfortunately. So to cancel an appointment: Please contact Colleen. Please email her at cyork@lennox-addington.on.ca or call her at reception during business hours(main line)
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Message from the Chair of Family Council |
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Family Council took place on May 10th at 2:00 pm on the upper front balcony.
Click here for their presentationprovided by Michelle Hickey Clarke, Behaviour Support Nurse from JMPC. Michelle also covered communication tips as outlined below. Feel free to connect with Michelle (mhickey@lennox-addington.on.ca )should you have questions or would like information/support/guidance on how to help when you come for a visit.
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Family Council, a time for sharing, caring and supporting.
Please feel free to reach out to me if you have concerns or simply need a listening ear.
Gwen Babcock
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The Napanee Alzheimer’s Society has many resources that can help you. The link to their website is here. It includes some very helpful resources and articles if you are interested.
Our contact person for our local Alzheimer’s Society
Lesley Deshane, First Link Care Coordinator
613 – 544- 3078 ext 208
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Mother's Day Preparations |
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Manning Brothers came to play for us in the Home on May 2.
We had some artwork drawn for all of us to enjoy along the front parking lot which certainly brightened peoples day!
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Ahhhhh... Soaking up the sun! |
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Connect with us on your socials |
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Things to Do across Lennox & Addington County |
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Below are some interesting opportunities if you are looking for something to do in the area. Click HERE and it will take you directly to the items below:
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Forms That You May Require |
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- Paper Copies of the Weekly Newsletter – Available at the Resource Centre right behind the screeners.
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Essential Caregiver Designation Form – Click here
Link to book a general visit:
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Video Links You May Find Helpful |
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COVID-19 Testing
If you develop COVID symptoms please go to your nearest Assessment Centre
for testing right away.
Greater Napanee COVID-19 Assessment Centre
Westdale campus at 12 Richmond Park Drive, Napanee.
You will require an appointment. You can pre-book your appointment online here.
Hours are 8:00 - 4:00 Monday - Friday
The link to access your results for this testing is here.
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Ministry of Long Term Care Family Support Line
1-866-434-0144
This line is available to raise concerns or ask questions related to LTC homes across Ontario and is staffed seven days a week from 8:30am – 7:00pm
CONTACTS
- Angela Malcolm, Director (Ext. 7222)
- Carol Corcoran, Manager of Nursing (Ext. 7226)
- Emily Sarley, Assistant Manager of Nursing (Ext. 7227)
- Carolyn McConnell, RAI Supervisor (Ext. 7259)
- Candice McMullen, Resident Services Coordinator (Ext. 7223)
- Shane McKenny, Environmental Services Supervisor (Ext. 7230)
- Dawn Black, Food Services Supervisor (Ext. 7228)
- Hilary Rock, Dietitian/P.T. Food Services Supervisor (Ext. 7229)
- Bobbie-Joe Blackburn, Administrative Supervisor (Ext. 7224)
- Michelle Hickey, Behavioural Support Nurse (Ext. 7237)
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