Today, Fraser Health is providing the following information regarding COVID-19 in our region:
Long term care and assisted living COVID-19 vaccine
By end of the day today, Fraser Health will have completed COVID-19 vaccination clinics in all 151 long term care and assisted living facilities in our region.
Long term care
Fraser Health has declared the COVID-19 outbreak over at Cedar Hill residence in Langley Memorial Hospital long term care.
Upon declaring the outbreak on December 29th, 2020, Fraser Health immediately implemented precautions, including enhanced cleaning, as well as contact tracing to protect the health of all staff, medical staff, and patients. With the implementation of comprehensive strategies, there is no longer an outbreak.
Fraser Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Maple Ridge Seniors Village in Maple Ridge. One staff member has tested positive for COVID-19.
Maple Ridge Seniors Village is a long term care facility that is owned and operated by Retirement Concepts. The staff member is currently in self-isolation at their home.
Fraser Health has worked with the site to support the implementation of enhanced control measures. Fraser Health is also working with the site to identify anyone who may have been exposed, and is taking steps to protect the health of all staff, residents and families.
Fraser Health has worked with the site to proactively implement the following measures:
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Staffing levels are being supported to maintain resident care.
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Visitors are restricted throughout the facility.
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Staff and residents movement in the facility has been restricted.
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Cleaning and infection control measures have been enhanced.
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Residents, families and staff are being notified.
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Twice a day screening of all staff and residents is taking place.
During this time, Fraser Health has additional presence at the site to take any further actions required and support the facility. This includes dedicated people to address quality, answer questions from staff, residents and family, and provide active checks of symptoms with staff and residents.
Fraser Health has, in partnership with long term care and assisted living facilities, implemented comprehensive strategies to prevent and respond to COVID-19 in these facilities. In addition, Fraser Health has also deployed care staff and our rapid-response teams which include clinical nurse educators, infection prevention and control experts, screeners, and patient care quality officers supporting with communication to families and assessing symptoms at sites with outbreaks. Through these teams, sites are also connected with emergency supplies and support strategies around additional personnel if needed.
At this time, it is critically important for people living in the Fraser Health region to use the COVID-19 assessment tool and get tested as soon as you have COVID-19-like symptoms, even mild ones. Please don’t wait, and book or drop by one of our collection centres which are operated in partnership with local Divisions of Family Practice. People living in the Fraser Health region can find information about test collection centres by visiting Fraser Health’s website.
To book a COVID-19 testing appointment, complete a COVID-19 test booking form.
For more information about COVID-19, please visit fraserhealth.ca/covid19.
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