Fairhaven’s Covid outbreak was declared on July 14, 2022. Cases have been limited to our Riverside 4 home area only. In conjunction with Peterborough Public Health, this outbreak has been declared over effective immediate.
COVID-19 Outbreak Notes:
• Outbreaks continue to occur at long term care homes and doubled in number last week. Actual cases in the community are still at levels that are much higher than the first several waves’ numbers. While vaccinations have clearly reduced the severity of illnesses in most cases, the fact remains that a high level of infections will continue into the foreseeable future due to the virus’ ability to mutate.
• Fairhaven’s responsibility is to detect all cases in Residents, staff, and caregivers, and confirm all of the cases required though PCR testing so that they are recognized by Peterborough Public Health. Our home is committed to transparency, and we can guarantee that any COVID cases will be registered, regardless of whether this results in an outbreak or not. To do otherwise would understate community cases, put anyone entering Fairhaven at higher risk of infection, and would be contrary to Ministry of Long-Term Care COVID guidelines.
• The positive side of this infection prevention and control culture is that there is no more knowledgeable, dedicated, and committed staff (and Committee of Management), in the long-term care sector.
• We will continue to recognize outbreaks as soon as they occur so that we may “get to work” in ending them.
• Thank you for the many hundreds of emails of support from family members over the past two years. Your continuous and undivided support has meant more than you could ever know to everyone at our Home.
Betty Hazen
Director of Care
Interim Executive Director
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