Dear Family and Friends of South Cove Manor:
I am writing today with information on several policy revisions that we will be instituting next week. These revisions are based on newly received regulatory guidance from the Department of Public Health.
a.
Outdoor resident visitation
– Beginning on Sunday, July 12, 2020, all onsite outdoor visits Visits will be scheduled for 30 minutes. Also on July 12
th, we will be allowing up to 4 visitors at a time during each visit. All visitors will still be subject to the current screening process, and will still need to maintain a 6-foot separation from the resident. All visits must still be scheduled by contacting our Activities Director, Tammy Chen. In order to accommodate the increase in the length of each visit, we have modified the available times for visits. Visits are now able to be scheduled:
- 9:30 AM – 12:15 PM, seven days a week
- 1:15 PM – 4:30 PM, seven days a week
- 6:15 PM – 7:30 PM, Tuesdays and Fridays
b.
Communal Dining
– Communal dining will again be allowed, with certain restrictions. The main restriction has to do with maintaining 6-foot distancing between all residents while dining. Our prior practice of allowing residents to dine in the common spaces on their courtyards by utilizing individual tables with 6-foot spacing meets all of the DPH requirements, so we will be returning to that method of serving meals beginning on Monday, July 13
th.
c.
Allowing outside Healthcare personnel into the building
– We will now be required to allow Nurse Practitioners, hospice agency staff, etc. into the building. As part of this next step, we will treat all of these people the same way we treat our own staff – all will have to go through out screening procedures, and will be required to wear PPE while in our building.
Each of these regulation changes are designed to take another step towards normalcy, and each step comes with different levels of risk. As we have done throughout this pandemic, we will do everything within our power to keep our residents and staff safe, while abiding by the intent of the ever-evolving regulations.
Thank you again for placing your trust in South Cove Manor.
