I hope everyone is staying safe and finding creative ways to pass the time as you stay home during this provincial lockdown.
We were all very excited to learn that we were going to have the COVID-19 vaccine brought to JMPC but unfortunately we learned yesterday that this on-site clinic will be delayed due to a lack of vaccine supply. We will still be getting the vaccine here, but at present remain without a date of when this will happen. If you have been following the news on the Pfizer vaccine you will know that Pfizer announced a temporary reduction in deliveries to North America so they could make improvements to their Belgium plant to allow them to produce the vaccine at a higher rate. Once our vaccination clinic date is confirmed we will share it with you. We will not know however, until they walk in with our vaccine, which one we will be receiving (Moderna or Pfizer).
As for your paper consents for the COVID-19 vaccine, we continue to require you to send these to us so that we can maintain an accurate count of the required vaccine needed for our clinic. This includes consents for the resident (if you are the POA for care and make the decisions), and for yourself (if you are the one designated essential caregiver). Please drop these off at the screener’s desk, mail them back to us, or electronically send them to your Manager point of contact.
Later on in Emily’s section of this newsletter, you will find information as to what happens after we get the vaccine which you will find helpful as this has been a common question we have received this past week.
If this is your first time reading our newsletter, I would encourage you to go to this link where you will find the previous newsletters should you wish to view them. Should you ever not want to receive these newsletters, please follow the prompts on the newsletter at the bottom to unsubscribe. Also, if you ever feel that you would prefer to not have a picture of your loved one included in our Family Newsletter, please reach out to Bobbie-Joe at bblackburn@lennox-addington.on.ca or by calling at ext 7224.
Angela Malcolm
Director
COVID-19 Testing for Essential Caregivers
Required once per week
Greater Napanee COVID-19 Assessment Centre
Westdale campus at 12 Richmond Park Drive, Napanee.
You require an appointment. You can pre-book your appointment online here.
Hours are 8:30-3:30 seven days a week.
You will need to identify yourself as an essential caregiver/visitor
in LTC in order to be tested without symptoms.
Please plan to allow yourself at least 1 day grace to ensure you can
maintain a current COVID test.
The link to access your results for this testing is here.
For LTC Homes in the Orange, Red and Lockdown zones essential caregivers coming into the Home are reduced to 1 person.
Perishable Items: Food being brought in for a resident must be in a container that can be wiped down with our wipes and they will then be delivered to your resident right away. Essential caregivers are not permitted to eat/drink in the Home.
All other items will be kept for 24 hours prior to being taken to the resident.
The only changes are the donuts on Tuesday to Ambrosia and the birthday dinner on Wednesday is Spaghetti and Meatballs with Garlic Bread instead of Fried Bologna.
Program Schedule
Here is the week’s program schedule commencing Jan 24 - 30 2021
Absences from the Home
On Hold.
Manager Point of Contact
for General Inquiries related to COVID restrictions:
In an effort to streamline this process for you, we have attached a form that you can email to a specific manager based on the residents Home area. Alternatively, if you would prefer, you can phone the appropriate manager and they will assist you.
Mandatory Training Videos
Training videos are mandatory for you to watch prior to entering the building
A component of the Directives that the Ministry released includes a mandatory requirement for Homes to ensure that Essential Caregivers coming into the Home receive training on putting on and taking off PPE as well as training on effective hand washing. Below are the 2 video clips for you to view. You will be asked to confirm at the screening table that you have watched these 2 videos prior to entering.
Here are short video clips to resources that will help you to understand how to use PPE properly and how to effectively hand wash.
This training needs to be completed prior to your first visit and then monthly thereafter.
Essential Caregiver Designation
The Ministry of Long Term Care updated visiting policy requires written documentation that supports the essential caregiver designation. As a result, we have created a PDF form that you can open electronically and fill in the blanks. There are a couple of options to return the form to us via email or fax. Alternatively, we will have hard copies of this document available with the screeners at JMPC where you can complete and drop off to them.
Essential Caregivers must submit thisformto be approved as an essential caregiver prior to their visit in order to be permitted into the Home.
Should the resident/POA wish to change an essential caregiver, a new form will need to be submitted in advance.
Zoom Visits
Zoom is a great way to connect with your loved one.
It allows you to see each other while talking together.
Book yourZoom and Window Visits online using Picktime!
We ask that visits be scheduled a day ahead and that weekend requests are completed by Friday at 2pm. For zoom visits, you will receive a confirmation email first. Then, 1 day prior to your zoom visit you will receive the zoom link emailed to you from the Home.
If you have any questions or unable to access this online tool, please call 613-354-3306 and someone will help you Mon-Fri during business hours.
Need to Cancel your Booked Visit?
The booking site doesn’t have that feature to cancel yourself online unfortunately. So to cancel an appointment: Please contact Colleen. Please email her at cyork@lennox-addington.on.ca or call Earline at reception during business hours(main line)
Infection Control from the desk of Emily Sarley
The vaccines are coming and we are very excited!!! We are so fortunate to have been prioritized in the first group to be receiving this vaccine across the province. Staff, residents and one essential caregiver will be able to obtain the vaccine here at JMPC once it becomes available.
We have received a number of questions related to what happens next? What changes will occur once we obtain the vaccine?
As of now, we do not know which vaccine we will be receiving (Pfizer or Moderna) on our clinic day. Both vaccines are a two step vaccine. Pfizer requires a second dose 21 days after the first dose and Moderna requires a second dose 28 days after the first dose.
There are no immediate individual benefits to the vaccine. It does take two weeks for your body to build its immunity following your second dose. In addition, we need to have 70% of the population immunized against COVID-19 before we can see the value of this incredible vaccine and then give consideration as a province as to the existing safety/health measures in place.
For the immediate future, as we remain in this provincial lockdown, there will be no changes in the LTC setting following your receipt of the vaccine.
Once the provincial lockdown is lifted, and assuming that we return to the previous five zones of public health measures (green, yellow, orange, red and grey), we would follow the principles outlined in the appropriate zone. We will continue to be required to wear masks, and follow the same visiting restrictions as were previously in place.
This is a video on You Tube of local physicians across Belleville/Kingston answering a number of questions submitted from the public. It is 25 minutes in length. I would encourage you to listen to this.
Message from the Chair of Family Council
Family Council is composed of family and friends of the residents of the John Parrot Centre and dedicated to the promotion and improvement of the health, welfare and happiness of all residents at the John M. Parrot Centre.
Family Council, a time for sharing, caring and supporting.
If you have any questions that you would like shared with the Home, feel free to reach out.
If you are feeling that you would like some additional support or have some questions that you would like to work through, we would like to encourage you to access this amazing local resource.
Lisa would be happy to chat with you.
Around the Home
Dining Room Plexiglass Screens
JMPC Superstar
We are encouraging anyone who wants to do a shout out to someone at JMPC
to do this on our wall to help encourage and spread kindness.
A & W Onion Rings and Root Beer Social
Forms That You May Require
Paper Copies of the Weekly Newsletter – Available at the Resource Centre right behind the screeners.