We our dedicated to staying on top of the latest health care industry breakthroughs and developments. Below you will find a selection of articles related to our center, the skilled nursing care industry and other health care related news from around the world.
August 12, 2021 Under the direction of the DPH, facilities are now required to swab all unvaccinated staff daily with our rapid BinaxNOW kits and weekly through our PCR testing method. As of today, we are now required to test ALL STAFF regardless of vaccination status. To that end, we have been alerted that 1… Continue Reading Continue reading
August 10, 2021 Dear Families, It is hard to believe, but we are again moving closer to another surge in cases of COVID in our greater community. We have received new guidance from Massachusetts’ Department of Public Health that we’ would like to share with you. Some of the guidance we will implement immediately, while… Continue Reading Continue reading
Vaccination Mandate Guidance – 8.4.2021 &nbs… Continue reading
May 28, 2021 Dear Families, Happy Memorial Day Weekend! We pay respect to the Men and Women who have served and continue to serve this Great Nation. Thank you! By now, I am certain you heard the great news from our federal leadership late last week about updates to mask requirements. While we are as… Continue Reading Continue reading
May 09, 2021 Dear Families, Happy Mother’s Day to all our Mom’s out there, you Rock! This 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… Continue Reading Continue reading
April 29, 2021 Dear Families, Here we are, another week closer to warmer, spring-like weather. Great news for us all to get back outside and enjoy the fresh air and some sunshine. As we have mentioned before in these updates, our outside visits remain the recommended means of visitation for nursing home residents and families,… Continue Reading Continue reading
April 14, 2021 Dear Families, We hope this email finds you healthy and as optimistic as we are about the continuing decline in COVID cases in our surrounding community. Within our own facility we are again COVID RECOVERED! Considering these encouraging numbers, we will begin to take a slightly different approach with these weekly email… Continue Reading Continue reading
April 4, 2021 Dear Families, Recently we have had some changes to our centers visitation plans, which are based on our state’s response to the CDC and CMS guidance are in place at this time. Please note that over the past week, our community has seen an uptick in positive cases. We continue to… Continue Reading Continue reading
March 18, 2021 Dear Families, At long last – we have new guidance from the CDC on nursing home visitation! This new guidance reflects updates to address the vaccination of residents and individuals from the community, as well as the decrease in community spread and changes to visitation during an “outbreak.” While the CDC release… Continue Reading Continue reading
Click below for an update on our visitation plan, based on CDC guidance, effective 3/16/2021: Visitation Guidance (MA)… Continue reading
