Update from Administrator – May 4, 2021
May 04, 2021
Dear Families,
We hope this email finds you safe and healthy. Currently at Tremont we have four positive residents. We will continue testing residents and staff members per DPH guidelines. All indoor visitations, communal dining as well as group activities will continue to be placed on hold. Zoom visits will continue and are available for residents to communicate with friends and family members. Zoom visits can be scheduled with our recreational department.
We will continue this until we have 14 days with no positive cases. We will continue to send updates. Please contact the Administrator or the Director of Nursing Services if you have any questions at 508-295-1040. If you prefer using email, you can send us your questions to: Info@TremontRehab.com. Our team will work hard to ensure a quick response.
This week, we celebrate National Nurses Week, which begins on May 6th each year since 1974 and ends on May 12th, in honor of Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Nurses
Next week, we begin celebrating National Skilled Nursing Care Week (formerly National Nursing Home Week). This year’s theme is “Together Through the Seasons.” NSNCW begins on Sunday, May 9, Mother’s Day and runs through May 15. The theme will honor the collaborative commitment of our staff in providing compassionate care to your loved ones during this unprecedented time.
Over the past year, despite the challenges of the pandemic, our team has shown an incredible and steadfast commitment to providing quality care and ensuring the safety of their residents.
Throughout the week, our team has many activities and special meals planned for our residents. Please look on our Facebook or contact our recreation team to learn more.
Some updates for you:
Visitation
- We always offer visitations using our technology (iPads, tablets, calls, etc.)
- For visitation appointments, please contact the Director of Recreation at 508-295-1040. When an outbreak is detected among residents or staff, all indoor visitations must be suspended except for compassionate care visits.
Recreation / Activities:
- A reminder to everyone that we do have various tablet devices for your loved one to utilize to access games, various communication tools, games, news, and more. We have done some tutoring and training of the tablets so that residents are more comfortable with them. The feedback from residents on the availability of the tablets has been fantastic!
Dining:
- Communal dining has been suspended.
Vaccination Update
- As we have said before, although not mandatory, we continue to encourage any employee who has not been vaccinated to obtain one. Currently, they may obtain one at a community clinic. We are also working with our state to do “catch-up” clinics to assist our team and new residents in obtaining the vaccine right here in our center.
- Fully vaccinated staff are no longer required to be tested each week, unless an outbreak is detected, or the local county’s positivity number is very high.
- Unvaccinated staff still must be tested weekly.
- Regional hospitals are working on plans to offer the first dose of a COVID vaccine to their patients being discharged to nursing homes.
We hope you have a great week and look forward to seeing you!!
Deborah Joseph
Administrator