Weekly Letter: June 14th, 2021
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Weekly Letter: June 7th, 2021
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Weekly Letter – 6/1/2021
Dear Loved One,
I’m writing to provide a brief overview of Onondaga Center’s preparedness and response to COVID-19 and the measures we’ve taken to protect the safety, health and welfare of your loved one and all residents at the Center. We have been following all federal, state and local guidelines for infection control policies and procedures. We have implemented precautions to include instituting measures to limit access to the nursing facility, monitoring our workforce, and vigorously pursuing infection control practices throughout the Center.
This letter serves as your update regarding the current suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the center. As of 6/1/21 we have 0 residents with respiratory symptoms (i.e. cough, shortness of breath etc.) We have had 4 confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Residents who had tested positive between 5/17/21and 5/20/21. We have 0 confirmed case of COVID-19 of Staff members. We are continuing to manage this exposure and have taken all necessary precautions to protect your loved one and other residents at our facility. Our staff is well trained and continues to be educated in the most current standards and best practices to ensure your loved one is safely cared for. Our staff has received appropriate protective masks, gowns and other personal protective equipment. Our clinical team continues to perform
frequent assessments of the residents at the Center to monitor their status and condition.
As per the DOH guidelines, all outdoor and indoor visits will remain suspended until cleared by the DOH. This does not include window visits, Facetime/Skype/phone, etc.
visits. Those will remain the same. Please join the Weekly COVID Update call every Tuesday at 3:00 pm by dialing:
(605) 313-4411; code 758733.
We want to assure you that we take the safety, health and welfare of your loved one very seriously. We will continue to provide services, treatments and interventions as outlined in their plan of care. You can always reach out to Yudi Polatoff, Administrator and / or Kerry Martin, RN, Director of Nursing at the Center should you have any questions about your loved one or any questions about the Center’s current COVID-19 practices, policies and procedures. The Department of Health has also encouraged family members who have more specific COVID-19 questions to submit them directly to your local Department of Health. For daily updates please check frequently on our website at “onondaga-center.facilities.centershealthcare.org”.
Thank you,
Yudi Polatoff
Administrator
Weekly Letter: 5/20/2021
Dear Loved One,
I’m writing to provide a brief overview of Onondaga Center’s preparedness and response to COVID-19 and the measures we’ve taken to protect the safety, health and welfare of your loved one and all residents at the Center. We have been following all federal, state and local guidelines for infection control policies and procedures. We have implemented precautions to include instituting measures to limit access to the nursing facility, monitoring our workforce, and vigorously pursuing infection control practices throughout the Center.
This letter serves as your update regarding the current suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the center. As of 5/20/21 we have 0 residents with respiratory symptoms (i.e. cough, shortness of breath etc.) We have had 5 confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Residents who had tested positive between 5/17/21and 5/20/21. We have 1 confirmed case of COVID-19 from a Staff member who had tested positive 5/8/21. The 1 Staff member has been furloughed. The Staff member was assigned to the South Unit. We are
continuing to manage this exposure and have taken all necessary precautions to protect your loved one and other residents at our facility. Our staff is well trained and continues to be educated in the most current standards and best practices to ensure your loved one is safely cared for. Our staff has received appropriate protective masks, gowns and other personal protective equipment. Our clinical team continues to perform frequent assessments of the residents at the Center to monitor their status and condition.
As per the DOH guidelines, all outdoor and indoor visits for South Unit Residents only will remain suspended until cleared by the DOH. This does not include window visits, Facetime/Skype/phone, etc. visits. Those will remain the same.
Please join the Weekly COVID Update call every Tuesday at 3:00 pm by dialing:
(605) 313-4411; code 758733.
We want to assure you that we take the safety, health and welfare of your loved one very seriously. We will continue to provide services, treatments and interventions as outlined in their plan of care. You can always reach out to Yudi Polatoff, Administrator and / or Kerry Martin, RN, Director of Nursing at the Center should you have any questions about your loved one or any questions about the Center’s current COVID-19 practices, policies and procedures. The Department of Health has also encouraged family members who have more specific COVID-19 questions to submit them directly to your local Department of Health. For daily updates please check frequently on our website at “onondaga-center.facilities.centershealthcare.org”.
Thank you,
Yudi Polatoff
Administrator
Weekly Letter: 5/17/2021
Dear Loved One,
I’m writing to provide a brief overview of Onondaga Center’s preparedness and response to COVID-19 and the measures we’ve taken to protect the safety, health and welfare of your loved one and all residents at the Center. We have been following all federal, state and local guidelines for infection control policies and procedures. We have implemented precautions to include instituting measures to limit access to the nursing facility, monitoring our workforce, and vigorously pursuing infection control practices throughout the Center.
This letter serves as your update regarding the current suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the center. As of 5/17/21 we have 0 residents with respiratory symptoms (i.e. cough, shortness of breath etc.) We have 1 confirmed case of COVID-19 from one Staff member who had tested positive on 5/8/21. The Staff member has been furloughed. This Staff member had been assigned to the South Unit. We are continuing to manage this
exposure and have taken all necessary precautions to protect your loved one and other residents at our facility. Our staff is well trained and continues to be educated in the most current standards and best practices to ensure your loved one is safely cared for. Our staff has received appropriate protective masks, gowns and other personal protective equipment. Our clinical team continues to perform frequent assessments of the residents at the Center to monitor their status and condition.
As per the DOH guidelines, all outdoor and indoor visits for South Unit Residents only will remain suspended until cleared by the DOH. This does not include window visits, Facetime/Skype/phone, etc. visits. Those will remain the same. Please join the Weekly COVID Update call every Tuesday at 3:00 pm by dialing:
(605) 313-4411; code 758733. We want to assure you that we take the safety, health and welfare of your loved one very seriously. We will continue to provide services, treatments and interventions as outlined in their plan of care. You can always reach out to Yudi Polatoff, Administrator and / or Kerry Martin, RN, Director of Nursing at the Center should you have any questions about your loved one or any questions about the Center’s current COVID-19 practices, policies and procedures. The Department of Health has also encouraged family members who have more specific COVID-19 questions to submit them directly to your local Department of Health. For daily updates please check frequently on our website at “onondaga-center.facilities.centershealthcare.org”.
I would like to inform you of 3 personnel changes that have into effect this week:
Interim Director of Nursing is Kerry Martin, RN
Assistant Director of Nursing is Heather Tighe, RN
HR / Staffing Director is Cody Francisco
Thank you,
Yudi Polatoff
Administrator
Weekly Letter: 5/9/2021
Dear Loved One,
I’m writing to provide a brief overview of Onondaga Center’s preparedness and response to COVID-19 and the measures we’ve taken to protect the safety, health and welfare of your loved one and all residents at the Center. We have been following all federal, state and local guidelines for infection control policies and procedures. We have implemented precautions to include instituting measures to limit access to the nursing facility, monitoring our workforce, and vigorously pursuing infection control practices throughout the Center.
This letter serves as your update regarding the current suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the center. As of 5/9/21 we have 0 residents with respiratory symptoms (i.e. cough, shortness of breath etc.) We. have 1 confirmed case of COVID-19 from one Staff member who had tested positive on 5/8/21. The Staff member has been furloughed. This Staff member had been assigned to the South Unit. We are continuing to manage this. exposure and have taken all necessary precautions to protect your loved one and other residents at our facility. Our staff is well trained and continues to be educated in the most current standards and best practices to ensure your loved one is safely cared for. Our staff has received appropriate protective masks, gowns and other personal protective equipment. Our clinical team continues to perform frequent assessments of the residents at the Center to monitor their status and condition.
As per the DOH guidelines, all outdoor and indoor visits for South Unit Residents only will remain suspended until cleared by the DOH. This does not include window visits,
Facetime/Skype/phone, etc. visits. Those will remain the same. Please join the Weekly COVID Update call every Tuesday at 3:00 pm by dialing: (605) 313-4411; code 758733.
We want to assure you that we take the safety, health and welfare of your loved one very seriously. We will continue to provide services, treatments and interventions as outlined in their plan of care. You can always reach out to Yudi Polatoff, Administrator and / or Suzanne Reid, RN, Director of Nursing at the Center should you have any questions about your loved one or any questions about the Center’s current COVID-19 practices, policies and procedures. The Department of Health has also encouraged family members who have more specific COVID-19 questions to submit them directly to your local Department of Health. For daily updates please check frequently on our website at “onondaga-center.facilities.centershealthcare.org”.
Thank you,
Yudi Polatoff
Administrator
Weekly Letter: April 28, 2021
Dear Loved One,
I’m writing to provide a brief overview of Onondaga Center’s preparedness and response to COVID-19 and the measures we’ve taken to protect the safety, health and welfare of your loved one and all residents at the Center. We have been following all federal, state and local guidelines for infection control policies and procedures. We have implemented precautions to include instituting measures to limit access to the nursing facility, monitoring our workforce, and vigorously pursuing infection control practices throughout the Center.
This letter serves as your update regarding the current suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the center. As of 4/28/21 we have 0 residents with respiratory symptoms (i.e. cough, shortness of breath etc.) We have 1 confirmed case of COVID-19 from one Staff member who had tested positive on 4/23/21. The Staff member has been furloughed. This Staff member had been assigned to the South Unit. We are continuing to manage this exposure and have taken all necessary precautions to protect your loved one and other residents at our facility. Our staff is well trained and continues to be educated in the most current standards and best practices to ensure your loved one is safely cared for. Our staff has received appropriate protective masks, gowns and other personal protective equipment. Our clinical team continues to perform frequent assessments of the residents at the Center to monitor their status and condition.
As per the DOH guidelines, all outdoor and indoor visits for South Unit Residents only will remain suspended until cleared by the DOH. This does not include window visits, Facetime/Skype/phone, etc. visits. Those will remain the same. Please join the Weekly COVID Update call every Tuesday at 3:00 pm by dialing: (605) 313-4411; code 758733.
We want to assure you that we take the safety, health and welfare of your loved one very seriously. We will continue to provide services, treatments and interventions as outlined in their plan of care. You can always reach out to Yudi Polatoff, Administrator and / or Suzanne Reid, RN, Director of Nursing at the Center should you have any questions about your loved one or any questions about the Center’s current COVID-19 practices, policies and procedures. The Department of Health has also encouraged family members who have more specific COVID-19 questions to submit them directly to your local Department of Health. For daily updates please check frequently on our website at “onondaga-center.facilities.centershealthcare.org”.
Thank you,
Yudi Polatoff
Administrator
Weekly Letter: April 26th, 2021
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Weekly Letter: 4/5/2021
Dear Loved One,
I’m writing to provide a brief overview of Onondaga Center’s preparedness and response to COVID-19 and the measures we’ve taken to protect the safety, health and welfare of your loved one and all residents at the Center. We have been following all federal, state and local
guidelines for infection control policies and procedures. We have implemented precautions to include instituting measures to limit access to the nursing facility, monitoring our workforce, and vigorously pursuing infection control practices throughout the Center.
This letter serves as your update regarding the current suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the center. As of 4/5/21 we have 0 resident with respiratory symptoms (i.e. cough, shortness of breath etc.) We have had 3 confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Residents as of 3/27/21. We have 2 confirmed case of COVID-19 from Staff members who had tested positive on 3/23/21 and 3/26/21 respectively. The Staff members have been furloughed. We are continuing to manage this exposure and have taken all necessary precautions to protect your loved one and other residents at our facility. Our staff is well trained and continues to be educated in the most current standards and best practices to ensure your loved one is safely cared for. Our staff has received appropriate protective masks, gowns and other personal protective equipment. Our clinical team continues to perform frequent assessments of the residents at the Center to monitor their status and condition.
As per the DOH guidelines, all outdoor, indoor and window visits will remain suspended until cleared by the DOH. This does not include Facetime/Skype/phone, etc. visits. Those will remain the same.
Please join the Weekly COVID Update call every Tuesday at 3:00 pm by dialing: (605) 313-4411; code 758733.
We want to assure you that we take the safety, health and welfare of your loved one very seriously. We will continue to provide services, treatments and interventions as outlined in their plan of care. You can always reach out to Yudi Polatoff, Administrator and / or Suzanne Reid, RN, Director of Nursing at the Center should you have any questions about your loved one or any questions about the Center’s current COVID-19 practices, policies and procedures. The Department of Health has also encouraged family members who have more specific COVID-19 questions to submit them directly to your local Department of Health. For daily updates please check frequently on our website at “onondaga-center.facilities.centershealthcare.org”.
Thank you,
Yudi Polatoff
Administrator
Weekly Letter: 3/26/2021
Dear Loved One,
I’m writing to provide a brief overview of Onondaga Center’s preparedness and response to COVID-19 and the measures we’ve taken to protect the safety, health and welfare of your loved one and all residents at the Center. We have been following all federal, state and local guidelines for infection control policies and procedures. We have implemented precautions to include instituting measures to limit access to the nursing facility, monitoring our workforce, and vigorously pursuing infection control practices throughout the Center.
This letter serves as your weekly update regarding the current suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the center. As of 3/27/2021 we have 3 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19. We have 3 confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Staff members who had tested positive on 3/16/21, 3/23/21 and 3/26/2021. The Staff members have been furloughed. We are continuing to manage this exposure and have taken all necessary precautions to protect your loved one and other residents at our facility. Our staff is well trained and continues to be educated in the most current standards and best practices to ensure your loved one is safely cared for. Our staff has received appropriate protective masks, gowns and other personal protective equipment. Our clinical team continues to perform frequent assessments of the residents at the Center to monitor their status and condition. At this time
all window visitations and indoor/outdoor visitations are cancelled at this time. To schedule a facetime or skype call please contact the front reception desk or our Directory of Therapeutic Recreation, Sue Donofrio at 315-656-7277 ext. 14008.
We want to assure you that we take the safety, health and welfare of your loved one very seriously. We will continue to provide services, treatments and interventions as outlined in their plan of care. You can always reach out to Yudi Polatoff, Administrator and / or Suzanne Reid, RN, Director of Nursing at the Center should you have any questions about your loved one or any questions about the Center’s current COVID-19 practices, policies and procedures. The Department of Health has also encouraged family members who have more specific COVID-19 questions to submit them directly to your local Department of Health. For daily updates please check frequently on our website at “onondaga-center.facilities.centershealthcare.org”.
In order to speed up any COVID-19 updates, I am requesting 1 cell phone number per family and/or 1 email address per family so that the facility may send updates via text or email which will enable us to get the information to you ASAP as opposed to sending via USPS which takes a few days. Please send the cell number or email address to me at: ypolatoff@onondagacenter.net and I will add the information to the distribution lists. Please join the Weekly COVID Update call every Tuesday at 3:00 pm by dialing:
(605) 313-4411; code 758733.
Please note some recent personnel changes at Onondaga Center:
Megan Lachut – Social Work Director
Dr. William Richardson, MD – Provider
Judy Diliberto, P.A. – Provider
Thank you,
Yudi Polatoff
Administrator
