Dear Residents and Families,
We remain committed to providing updates to our residents, families, and staff at AgeCare. As such, we are providing weekly updates to keep you all informed on what is happening at our communities and organization-wide.
- Staying safe this long weekend – You can protect your loved ones by following the provincial guidelines.
- Visitation Guidelines – All the information you need to ensure a safe visit.
- Recreation Calendars - Staying active, intellectually stimulated, and socially connected.
- Weekly Shout-Out – Celebrate the great work and activities happening at our AgeCare communities.
We hope these weekly updates helpful. Thank you all for your continued support.
Sincerely,
AgeCare Communications
Staying safe this long weekendStay Close to Home: The local weather might look cool, and it might be tempting to jump in the car and head somewhere warmer, but it is important that you stay close to home to help Stop the Spike. Provinces like British Colombia are restricting inter-provincial travel, and periodic road checks may be set up at key travel corridors to remind travellers of this restriction.
Visitors to Alberta:
Out-of-town visitors cannot stay in other people's homes while these restrictions are in place, regardless of where they are coming from.
No Indoor Gatherings: While you can continue to visit with your loved ones indoors at our communities – following the guidelines below – please remember that all offsite indoor gatherings are still restricted. Gathering indoors is a major factor in the spread of COVID-19. Gathering outdoors is permitted for up to FIVE people at a time, including children.
Remember,
Everyone must follow the public health restrictions – even those who are vaccinated. As more and more Albertans are vaccinated, the urge to bend the rules is understandable. While vaccines are critical in our return to normal, cases in Alberta are among the highest in Canada, and our healthcare system is at its max. While vaccines are very effective, we have still seen fully vaccinated individuals get and spread COVID-19 to others. We are close to returning to our pre-pandemic lives, but we must be diligent in following restrictions for a little while longer.
Visitation Guidelines
As we continue to follow all public health measures, we want to take the time to remind you of some guidelines that are still in place. Before you visit:
- Continuous masking is required for ALL visitors while inside the community. Masks are not required for children under 2 years of age.
- All visitors must understand the risk of unknown exposure for themselves and residents and assess health before visits.
- All visits must be booked in advance and during reception hours to ensure staff can provide a health screening.
- Visitors must be screened if the visit is inside or you need to enter the building to reach the outdoor visit space.
- Rapid Antigen Screening is available for visitors at all sites. All visitors are encouraged to be screened for COVID-19 when possible. View RAS Clinic hours.
- Visitors must follow all safe visiting practices and COVID-19 protocols. Visits may be refused if a visitor is not abiding by their responsibilities.
Download our NEW Guides
- Designated Family Support Visits Guide (pdf)
- Indoor Social Visits Guide (pdf)
- Outdoor Visits Guide (pdf)
Virtual Visits
To ensure residents and family can stay connected, we continue to offer scheduled virtual visits. Residents and families can book one virtual technology session per week. All virtual visits will continue as long as the site is staffed appropriately and care needs are met.
- Check out this week's shout-out on our virtual visits below.
To book a virtual visit, contact your AgeCare community:
Recreation Programming
Our recreation team is working hard to create engaging activities that enrich the mind, body and spirit while reducing the risk of transmission and having the least impact on resident well-being.
At this time, recreation activities will be held in individual neighbourhoods where possible and in larger spaces. This is to ensure that all participants can maintain physical distancing.
View the May Recreation Calendar for your AgeCare Community:
- AgeCare Columbia
- AgeCare Glenmore
- AgeCare Midnapore
- AgeCare Orchard Manor
- AgeCare Sagewood
- AgeCare Seton
- AgeCare Skypointe
- AgeCare Sunrise Gardens
- AgeCare Valleyview
- AgeCare Walden Heights
Weekly Shout Out
We would like to recognize our incredible teams who work together – even in these
challenging times - to provide high-quality care and services to our residents.
In honour of National Nurses week last week, we want to thank our incredible staff for their unrelenting efforts in ensuring the safety, quality and security of all our residents within our AgeCare family.
Thank you!