Letter from the Administrator: 3/23/2021
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 3/23/21 we have 0 resident with respiratory symptoms (i.e. cough, shortness of breath etc.) We have had 0 confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Residents. We have 2 confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Staff members who had tested positive on 3/16/21 and 3/23/21. 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 and indoor visits will be suspended for the next 14 days or 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: 3/19/2021
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 3/19/21 we have 0 resident with respiratory symptoms (i.e. cough, shortness of breath etc.) We have had 0 confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Residents. We have 1 confirmed case of COVID-19 from a Staff member who had tested positive on 3/16/21. The Staff member has 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 be suspended for the next 14 days or 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: 3/15/2021
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 3/15/2021 we have 0 residents with respiratory symptoms (i.e.
cough, shortness of breath etc.) 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.
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.
Thank you,
Yudi Polatoff
Administrator
Weekly Letter: 3/8/2021
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 3/8/2021 we have 0 residents with respiratory symptoms (i.e. cough, shortness of breath etc.) 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.
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.
Thank you,
Yudi Polatoff
Administrator
Weekly Letter: March 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 3/1/21 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 who had tested positive between 2/15/21and 2/22/21. We have 2 confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Staff members who had tested positive between 2/15/21 and 2/19/21. Both 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 be suspended for the next 14 days or 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
Onondaga Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing With 4 Tips to Avoid Tax-Return Fraud
It’s tax time once again, and if you’re relying on online systems or an in-person tax professional to help you out with your annual return, here’s your friendly reminder to be safe with your sensitive documents in order to keep information out of the hands of scammers who will want a piece of your tax return (just about three-quarters of all Americans get a refund).
Onondaga Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing has a look at four ways you can protect yourself as you prepare to file your tax return.
- Protect Your Social Security Number
Some online tax fraudsters will use Social Security numbers to try and create fake tax returns that they can then claim. Because of this, protect your Social Security number at all costs. Leave your card at home, don’t carry anything that lists your full number, and be very careful of who you give it out to.
- Create Strong Passwords
Don’t use obvious clues for your passwords, especially ones that contain your financial information. Stay away from birthdays and anything else that someone could figure out, change your passwords regularly, and don’t store them on work computers.
- Beware of Phishing Scams
Know that the IRS will never request financial or personal information via email or over the phone. The IRS always sends letters through the mail. Any threatening emails or phone calls regarding tax issues from the IRS are always fraudulent. Do not click links in those emails, and do not give any information over the phone.
- Safely Dispose of Financial Records
Old bank statements, receipts, and tax documents should be shredded when you are disposing of them. Do not just throw them whole in the garbage. If you don’t have a shredder, be sure to rip them enough so that no personal information can be attained from them.
To learn more about Onondaga Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing and all of the services they offer, visit https://onondaga-falls-center.facilities.centershealthcare.org/.
Weekly Letter: February 22nd, 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 2/22/21 we have 0 resident 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 2/15/21 and 2/18/21. We have 3 confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Staff members who had tested positive between 2/15/21 and 2/19/21. All 3 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 be suspended for the next 14 days or 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: February 15th 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 2/15/21 we have 0 resident with respiratory symptoms (i.e. cough, shortness of breath etc.) We have had 13 confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Residents who had tested positive between 2/3/21and 2/14/21. We have 8 confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Staff members who had tested positive between 2/3/21 and 2/14/21.
All 8 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 be suspended for the next 14 days or 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: February 5th
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 2/5/21 we have 1 resident with respiratory symptoms (i.e. cough, shortness of breath etc.) We have had 3 confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 2 Residents who had tested positive as of 2/3/21 and 1 from 2/4/21. We have 5 confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Staff members, 1 testing positive on 2/3/21 and 4 on 2/4/21. 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 be suspended for the next 14 days or until cleared by the DOH. This does not include Facetime/Skype/phone, etc. visits. Those will remain the same.
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 – 2/1/2021
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 weekly update regarding the current suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the center. As of 2/1/2021 we have 0 residents with respiratory symptoms (i.e. cough, shortness of breath etc.) 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.
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.
For any Residents who have only received their first COVID 19 vaccine dose:
Walgreens 3rd and final Vaccine Dose Clinic – 2/18/21.
Walgreens’ protocol is to have separate consent forms signed for both doses. Residents cannot receive the second dose if they do not have the second consent signed and returned to Onondaga Center. The fastest and easiest way to return a signed consent or declination is to scan it to: vaccine@onondagacenter.net
The third and final vaccine clinic will be held on 2/18/21. Please send these signed forms in ASAP so that we may provide Walgreens with the correct number of vaccines.
Thank you,
Yudi Polatoff
Administrator
