Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Monday, June 8th, 2020
Dear Friends, Residents and Families of Friendship Village:
It’s a warm, sunny day at Friendship Villages on this Monday, June 8th, 2020.
By God’s grace, we remain COVID-19-free among all Residents at all levels of care in Chesterfield and Sunset Hills and we added no cases of COVID-19 among the residents or staff of either Village over the weekend.
The single Resident in Chesterfield who had mixed results over the past week has one day remaining under observation before they are removed from that status.
The single Resident in Sunset Hills whose test results have twice been inconclusive is still under observation until Wednesday, just to be sure. No symptoms have been exhibited and they are doing well.
There remains one employee from Chesterfield still away from work for continued observation, and two from Sunset Hills away from work for the same reason.
Plans are currently being made for periodic blanket testing of skilled nursing facility Residents and Staff.
As always, we sincerely thank you for your continued prayers and support.
Visitor Policy Modified
We do, now, allow visitors to Independent Living Residents on campus for OUTSIDE/OUTDOOR visits with Residents. Visits with Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing facilities must still be coordinated in advance with those administrations.
Visitors are still prohibited from coming indoors to visit.
To still maintain COVID-19 preventive measures, we ask that you and your visitors:
- Wear your mask
- Maintain social distancing
- Do not make physical contact
- Residents use hand-sanitizer when coming back inside
- Residents allow the door screeners to take their temperature at least once each day if visiting outside
Our Residents have done very well with the preventive measures they have been following for more than two months and we feel that we can safely lift this restriction if the preventive measures listed above continue to be followed.
We’re excited! We hope you are, too!
Gift-Giving in Appreciation of our Staff is Open on our FriendshipVillageSTL.com website:
Many family members and Residents have inquired as to how to donate a gift of appreciation for the staff for their service during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our website at FriendshipVillageSTL.com now has an easy-to-use tab to use in making contributions for the staff and we thank all of you for considering a gift. As funds are collected, we will identify the best use of those funds in order to do the most that can be done for our employees. Every gift is appreciated, large and small.
Our teams have received many generous contributions from YOU! We are working excitedly on ways to express your support and appreciation to the staff as soon as we possibly can. There have already been some pizzas and sandwiches, delightfully enjoyed, funded by our donors, and there will be more to come. We can always give them more!
As always, all of us thank you all for your continued prayers as we continually ask our Lord Jesus Christ to enable us to do our best to fend-off the COVID-19 coronavirus and to maintain the safety and protection of our Residents and staff.