Update from Administrator – March 3, 2021
March 3, 2021
Good Afternoon Friends & Families of Valerie Manor,
As always, we hope this letter finds you safe and healthy as Ct Rolls out the COVID-19 Vaccine to the population in stages, and we start turning the corner into approaching spring!
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Craig Dumont. I started this week as Valerie Manor’s new Administrator. Email and Office number remains without change should anyone need to reach out. I am honored to start my new role here and have the opportunity to serve you all. We have a great team at Valerie Manor and I am looking forward to getting to know all our residents, family, and the team.
Our current COVID status as of 3/3/21: We have one positive resident who is asymptomatic and we have No new positive Staff currently. Our Health Care Partners at Griffin Health continue to test Residents weekly and staff is tested weekly as well.
As a reminder, Per Ct Department of Public Health Guidelines, regular indoor visitation is not permitted until 14 days after the recovery of any COVID-19 positive residents/Staff in the facility, OR if the positivity rate in the county is greater than 10%. Once cleared, we will resume indoor visitation by appointment. In the interim, we are still holding virtual visits and window visits (weather permitting). And as always, Compassionate Care Visits remain available by appointment.
As mentioned previously, we are very excited that our residents and staff have now had the opportunity to receive their initial and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. With vaccination efforts complete in most nursing homes, the state has reported a trend of decreasing nursing home cases of COVID among residents and staff, further proof that the vaccine works and we’re doing our part to eliminate COVID!
REMINDER: Our Family call will be held on Thursdays at 2pm.
If you have any questions, please contact a member of management, Tracy the Director of Recreation, Caprice our Director of Nursing or myself at 860.489.1008, with any questions. We can provide you with up to date, independent research, and links to various educational websites.
Craig Dumont, LNHA
Administrator