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Dear Family Members and Responsible Parties, This email is to inform you that Newtown Rehabilitation and Health Care Center has 2 residents in house who have tested positive and 1 staff member who has tested positive. The staff member will quarantine at home and the residents have been relocated to the Covid-19 Positive Unit. All… Continue Reading Continue reading
Dear Family Members and Responsible Parties, I received notice late this afternoon, that 1 additional resident tested positive from the PCR testing program conducted this week by Griffin Health’s Coronavirus Testing Team. This resident has been moved to the unit designated for residents who have received positive test results. Staff working on the Covid… Continue Reading Continue reading
Dear Family Members and Responsible Parties, In light of the fact that we do not have our weekly call tomorrow, I wanted to share the activities of the week related to the Coronavirus. Coronavirus Vaccination Clinics On December 29, 2020, CVS conducted a Vaccination Clinic at the facility. 91 residents received the Vaccine and… Continue Reading Continue reading
Dear Family Members and Responsible Parties, I hope this email finds you well. There are a few attachments that we promised to send as soon as we received information from CVS regarding the vaccine clinic. Family Newsletter and Vaccine Updates COVID vaccine EUA fact sheet COVID vaccine responsible party form if you want your… Continue Reading Continue reading
December 10, 2020 Dear Families, As always, our team and I hope this email finds you safe and healthy. We have two very important updates to share with you today: Vaccine Update As you may have seen in the news, some exciting updates have taken place regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. Our pharmacy providers are working… Continue Reading Continue reading
Please see the below for an Update on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Facility Sheet… Continue reading
November 25, 2020 Dear Families, As always, our team and I hope this email finds you safe and healthy. Just to update you, there are 5 more residents in house who have tested positive as of yesterday. Our total number of residents who have had positive test results is 6. Positive residents are placed… Continue Reading Continue reading
Please see the attached letter from the Connecticut Department of Health regarding staying safe and healthy during the upcoming Holiday Season. https://athenahealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11-20-20-letter-to-LTC.fam_.holiday.pdf… Continue reading
November 20, 2020 Dear Families, As you may have seen, more than 60% of Connecticut nursing homes now have at least one COVID-19 positive resident and/or employee. Community spread of this insidious virus is affecting nearly every community in our immediate region and the state. Our facility has 1 staff member and 1 resident who… Continue Reading Continue reading
November 12, 2020 Dear Families, As always, our team and I hope this email finds you safe and healthy. We continue testing our staff and residents weekly as required by CMS, CDC and DPH. Last week, more than 50 nursing homes across the state reported staff and/or new resident cases of COVID-19… Continue Reading Continue reading
