Covid-19 Exposure

Dear Residents, Relatives and Staff,

We wish to inform you that unfortunately we have had Covid-19 exposure, currently there are 3 residents in isolation due to Respiratory Illness.

TBW, MRW, and LRW staff and visitors are required to wear surgical masks while in the facility, while DCW staff and visitors must wear N95 masks. Additionally, when attending to isolated residents, staff and visitors must wear full PPE, including a face shield, to ensure maximum protection and safety.

Group activities and exercise classes will continue as normal at this stage, however, please encourage all residents to maintain social distancing when attending social groups as well as to wear surgical masks and make use of the outside spaces where possible.

Residents are permitted to have their meals in the dining room if they wish to do so, however the affected residents are encouraged to remain in their room with tray service.

I wish to remind all staff to remain vigilant of any resident/staff member or visitors feeling unwell or displaying flu symptoms and report to RN immediately. Isolation for residents to be commenced, with Rapid Antigen Test and PCR for all pathogens attended. The second daily Rapid Antigen Test for staff and residents at DCW will continue April 8th, 10th, and 12th, following the initial test on April 6th. Visitors are also encouraged to complete a Rapid Antigen Test, which will be available at the entrance.

Staff that are symptomatic are advised to leave immediately / not enter the facility and attend to PCR testing for all respiratory pathogens. PCR testing for staff can be completed at the main entrance.

Please ensure strict compliance to hand hygiene and infection control policies and make use of hand gels provided throughout the facility. The management team will continue to conduct spot checks to ensure staff compliance to the proper infection control practice/use of PPE.

Kindly speak to anyone from the management team should you require further clarification or have any concerns regarding the above. We wish to thank everyone for all the hard work, and we appreciate everything you do for our residents.

Warm Regards

Buckland Clinical Management team