Friendship Village Senior Services’ April 4, 2020 Response to COVID-19
Dear Friendship Village residents, staff and families,
On Friday evening we learned that an employee of our Friendship Village Chesterfield skilled nursing community tested positive for Covid-19. The employee went to a local hospital with symptoms of asthma after leaving work on Thursday. The employee did not work on Friday. As of Saturday morning, no residents have exhibited any COVID-19 symptoms.
Immediately after being made aware of the employee’s diagnosis, we informed the local Departments of Health as well as the CDC directly. The Friendship Village Chesterfield skilled nursing community has been quarantined and families have been notified directly by leadership. All support teams are onsite and following through on all sanitation protocols.
As you know, the community has been fully screening all employees for several weeks, which includes temperature checks, exposure questionnaires, and scrubbing in with hand-sanitizer. In addition, for the past several days our staff has been taking temperatures of residents approximately every 12 hours in an aggressive monitoring program for early detection of COVID-19 symptoms.
Our intrepid staff are on it, energetic, and up to the task of providing the best care under any circumstances to our residents.
We are praying for our residents and employees and remain fully committed to the health and safety of everyone at Friendship Village. We will continue to provide further information as it is known.
Terry Walsh