Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Friday, October 9, 2020
Dear Friends, Residents and Families of Friendship Village:
Another beautiful Fall week at Friendship Villages ending on this Friday, October 9th, 2020.
We have been blessed, once again, to be able to report that there are no cases of COVID-19 among any Residents at any level of care in Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care, or in Skilled Nursing.
Similarly, we have been doubly blessed to be able to report that we have no employees who are positive for COVID-19 or even awaiting test results. All have been tested and all are negative.
In addition, our Skilled Nursing Residents in Chesterfield have virtually all received their annual flu shots and those on the Sunset Hills campus will receive theirs beginning next week. At the same time, our employees are receiving flu shots, as well.
Our Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing Facilities are ramping up for indoor visits for families as the County Health Department has permitted licensed facilities to resume those again. Please coordinate with the appropriate Administrator to coordinate a visit with your loved one. They are very excited to see you!
Our Assisted Living Residents on our Chesterfield campus will move into their fantastic, brand new building next week and everyone is eagerly anticipating adapting to a brand-new home.
As all are aware, our Independent Living Residents are receiving visitors routinely, after going through our thorough screening processes. And work is beginning on plans for Fall and Holiday activities designed to bring Residents into social events (within our COVID protocols) and creating a bit more hustle and bustle on our campuses than we have been able to do in recent months. This is the life we all enjoy at Friendship Villages and we’re doing all we can to get back into it, safely.
As our incredible expansion projects near completion, vastly greater and improved walking spaces have opened up on our campuses and it is wonderful to see Residents outside, walking, and enjoying the beautiful surroundings that are part of their home.
We believe that God has truly blessed Friendship Villages before COVID, during COVID, and now as we move forward into our new lives with new buildings, refreshed buildings and world-class services.
Please pray with us as we continue our fight to protect our residents and staff. It’s a fight worthy of the best we can give.
The Lord is with us.