Vaccination remains key in defeating COVID-19. We encourage all residents, staff, family members and volunteers to become vaccinated. For information about vaccination information, please check the CDC’s fact sheet. You can find vaccines near you at: https://www.vaccines.gov/search/ Our vaccination rate is among the best for health facilities in our area and continue to encourage vaccinations …
Good news! All staff and resident testing for COVID this week came back negative again. All of our units will be coming out of the yellow zone over this weekend with the exception of the designated rooms on the 4th floor yellow zone that are utilized for new admissions or residents returning from the hospital. …
Good news! All staff and resident testing for COVID this week came back negative! We still have one more round of testing to complete for both groups next week due to the reported positive COVID-19 results from one of our residents transferred to the hospital last weekend. As a result we are following our protocol …
We found out today that a resident of our facility who was transferred to a local hospital, tested positive for COVID 19. As a result we are following our protocol and suspending general visits in accordance with our visitation policy. Compassionate care/end of life visits are still being held in accordance with policy. Testing for …
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We are continuing to monitor and follow the latest Centers for Disease Control (CDC) COVID-19 infection control guidance that impacts our residents and visitors. Coronavirus testing requirements for fully vaccinated nursing home residents also have been eased, according to new guidance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This permits visitations and personal contact …
We are monitoring the latest Centers for Disease Control (CDC) COVID-19 infection control guidance that impacts our residents and visitors. At this time, we are maintaining our current policies and procedures until our licensing bodies release an updated position statement. We follow guidance from (CDC), Department of Health (DOH) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services …
We are proud to note that our COVID-19 vaccination rate is among the best for health facilities in our area and continue to encourage vaccinations by the general population in a quest for overall herd immunity, which experts place at 70-to-80 percent of the United States population. At Elan Gardens, we have 90% of our …
We are making progress against COVID-19 and will continue testing in accordance with our county’s positivity rates, which we are monitoring. Good news in that Lackawanna County is starting to trend down and is back at 9.3% which means we are now back in yellow. Staff test will go back to once a week starting …
We are making progress against COVID-19 and will continue testing in accordance with our county’s positivity rates, which we are monitoring. Lackawanna County continues in the red level so we are testing staff twice a week. Results of staff testing for Monday April 12, 2021, returned all negative. Results from the second round of staff …
We have made advances in our collective battle against COVID-19. After a steady decline there have been some increases in cases recently. Lackawanna County has increased back to red this week with a positivity rate of 10.3%. We will be starting twice-a-week testing of staff again April 12, 2021. Our test days are Mondays and …
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