UPDATE: Covid-19 Cases at Simpson Memorial Home – West Liberty

AS OF 11/28/22

Dear Family, Friend, Residents, & Tenants,

We are now out of OUTBREAK STATUS. It’s been 14 days since our last positive test. Visitors will no longer be screened at the front doors. You will no longer be required to ring the door bell for entry. If however, the door is locked, please ring the bell. If you are showing signs or symptoms of Covid-19 or Flu, you are encouraged to stay home and not visit until your condition improves. If you have a fever, you will not be allowed to visit until 24 hours fever free. If you have a cold or similar symptoms and still would like to visit, we ask that you put on a face mask. Please read signage for any updates as all it takes in 1 positive case of Covid-19 to put us back into outbreak status. Call 319-627-4775 with any questions.

Sincerely, Clifford McFerren- Administrator

AS OF 11/23/22

Dear Family, Friend, Residents, & Tenants,

Since we are technically still in “Outbreak” Status, we ask that when visiting over the Thanksgiving Holiday you keep your exposure to others to a minimum by heading straight to the room of the person you are visiting. Avoid contact with others in the hallway and always wear a mask. At this time we are not allowing guest to dine with the residents in our main dining room. You may bring in food and eat with them in their room, or you can make arrangements with our activities department to use the Melick room for a SMALL private gathering. Again, the name of the game is to limit exposure to others.

Although we currently have no active cases in the building, we will notify everyone once we are out of “Outbreak” Status. As a reminder, any single case of Covid-19 puts us into “Outbreak” Status and starts a 14 day clock of testing and monitoring. If after 14 days no further cases are identified, we may resume our new normal life-style based on the county positivity rate.

Clifford McFerren- – Administrator

As of 11/12/22, we had an employee on the nursing home side test positive after exhibiting symptoms. So far we have 2 residents and 2 staff members positive in the nursing home. One of the staff members was away from work for 5 days and when they tested prior to their shift tested positive. This person was not working prior and sent home. We will continue our 14 day cycle of testing everyone 2x week until no further positive tests. All negative in the Assisted Living. We did administer the latest Bi-Valent Covid-19 booster on Thursday Nov 10th to tenants and residents. 98% of those folks took the booster. Several staff members also took the booster. Visitors are still welcome but need to be aware that they will need to mask up and keep the visit to the person they came to see. Call 319-627-4775 with any questions.

October 31st Outbreak Update Simpson Memorial Home

Dear Residents, Tenants, Family and Friends,

Unfortunately we had another employee as well as one resident test positive on the nursing home side during this mornings round of testing. Our resident was asymptomatic and exhibited no signs. Everyone in our assisted living has been negative. We will continue with testing and infection prevention protocols.

27 October 2022

RE: Outbreak Status at Simpson Memorial Home

Dear Families and Friends:

Early this morning, we had a staff member test positive for Covid on a rapid test with very minor symptoms. The staff member had been voluntarily wearing a face mask as a general precaution and had little interaction with other staff, residents, or tenants.

Today, we have been testing all our staff, residents, and tenants, and so far, everyone else has tested negative. We will be testing everyone again on Monday, October 31^st, and will provide an update once that is complete.

We sadly had an all too brief time of opening our campus back up with unlocked doors, but unfortunately when we are in “outbreak” status, we are required to take additional infection control measures. For right now, this means:

Face masks are mandatory for all staff and visitors;
Visitors will need to be screened by a staff member prior to entering the building; and
Staff will be following more stringent screening prior to shifts as well as using eye protection in addition to masks when providing resident or tenant care.

If we have no more positive cases, our “outbreak” will end on Friday, November 11^th.

After being able to loosen up restrictions over the last couple of weeks, it is disheartening to have to go back to this so soon, but we want to ensure that we are doing our best to provide a safe environment for residents and tenants while balancing that with maintaining a good quality of life. On that end, 1) there are no restrictions on visitors coming in (other than mask wearing); 2) residents and tenants will continue to have their normal routine of communal dining; and 3) residents and tenants will continue to have their group activities and outings.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me or any of our Department Directors.

Chad W. Thomas, Executive Director

Covid-19 Cases at Simpson Memorial Home – West Liberty

In the nursing home, we have a positive resident and one positive staff member with Covid-19. The cases are not connected and purely coincidental in nature. The staff member was off duty for several days prior to returning to work. This person tested prior to shift and never hit the floor so there has been zero exposure.

The resident is on isolation precautions. We did a full round of testing of staff and residents, and all were negative with the exception of the previously mentioned positive case. We will be testing residents again on Sunday and then 2 times per week for at least 2 weeks and will discontinue testing if there are no further positive tests. Please be aware that if you do chose to visit, there is potential for a higher risk of exposure to Covid-19. If you have any questions feel free to call either Melissa Hazelwood, Director of Nursing or myself at 319-627-4775. You can always email me at cmcferren@simpsonhome.org with questions also.

Sincerely,

Clifford McFerren- – Administrator

Simpson Memorial Home

1000 N. Miller St

West Liberty, IA 52776

319-627-4775 (office)

319-430-6125 (cell)

AUGUST 22 UPDATE (A GOOD ONE!)- WILTON

To All Residents, Tenants, Staff and Families of WRC

RE: COVID-19 Happy Update!

Good Morning to You All,

It’s with great excitement that we have had three rounds of negative testing in our residents and all our Covid positive residents have recovered and all remaining Covid positive residents have been removed from quarantine on 08/20/2022.

Townsend Care Center will remain in OUTBREAK status until we have no new positive cases in neither staff, residents, nor tenants for 14 days.

With this exciting news, we are continuing to move in the right direction, and we are making the following changes effective immediately:

1. Residents will no longer be isolated in their rooms; however, they will be encouraged to wear a face mask when outside of their rooms.

2. All applicable staff will be permitted to move freely between assisted living and skilled care.

3. Communal Dining will resume for the evening meal 08/22/2022.

4. Group Activities will resume immediately.

5. Volunteers able to return to assist in group activities.

Leland R. Smith assisted living has been out of outbreak since 08/13/2022, tenants nor staff are now only under surveillance testing based on community rate.

Reminders:

Visitation with your loved one is still permitted; however, all visitors need to be aware of the risks of entering our building during the Outbreak status and be encouraged in other types of visitation.
No matter the vaccination status of the visitor, all visitors will be required to keep their eye protection and face mask on during the entire length of their visits and visits will only take place in resident/tenant rooms.
Outings will be continued to be approved on a case-by-case basis based on WRC’s Outbreak Status and Community Transmission Rate, currently at HIGH RATE for Muscatine County.

4. All visitors of Wilton Retirement Community will be required to wear a face mask with eye protection.

5. Plastic Table Dividers have been placed and will remain for a minimum of 14 days to allow for limited communal activities at Wilton Retirement Community.

6. All residents and tenants of Wilton Retirement Community will continue to be highly encouraged to wear a surgical mask outside of their apartments and rooms.

7. Any staff member of Wilton Retirement Community will be required to wear a KN95 face mask and eye protection during their shift.

Please reach out with any questions or concerns & as always thank you for your continued understanding and support,

Laura A. Brandt CNA, LNHA

AUGUST 10 UPDATE – WILTON

To All Residents, Tenants, and Families of WRC

RE: Additional Resident Positive Cases Identified

Greetings to All of You,

Since my last notification on August 5, 2022, Wilton Retirement Community has identified 2 additional positive cases of Covid 19 with residents of Townsend Care Center and 1 additional positive case in a staff member.

Since July 28, 2022, we have identified a total of 7 residents and 4 staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19. All positive staff members isolate at home for 10 days before they return to work per CDC guidelines. All Covid positive residents are placed on isolation precautions for 10 days per CDC guidelines. Due to the identification of positive case in a resident on August 3, 2022, all residents of Townsend Care Center have been isolating in their rooms and restricted from group activities including communal dining.

Since July 28, 2022, no tenants or staff members associated with Leland Smith Assisted Living have been identified as positive and all will continue to test until no identified positive cases for 14 days from July 28, 2022.

We will continue to test all residents and staff of Townsend Care Center until we have no identified positive cases for 14 days.

We will remain in OUTBREAK status until we have no new positive cases in neither staff, residents, nor tenants for 14 days.

What does this mean for our residents and families?

Visitation with your loved one is still permitted; however, all visitors need to be aware of the risks of entering our building during the Outbreak status and be encouraged in other types of visitation. Visitors are restricted to two at a time per resident in the Townsend Care Center.
All visitors of Covid positive residents of Townsend Care Center are required to wear full PPE during visits permitted in resident rooms.
No matter the vaccination status of the visitor, all visitors will be required to keep their eye protection and face mask on during the entire length of their visits and visits will only take place in resident/tenant rooms.

4. Outings for Townsend Care Center residents are permitted only granted for medically necessary outings at this time.

5. Outings for Leland Smith Assisted Living tenants are permitted but tenant and family members are encouraged to practice social distancing and wear appropriate PPE (i.e., face mask) while out in the community due to the continued HIGH community rate of Muscatine and surrounding counties.

Extra Precautions for Wilton Retirement Community:

All visitors of Townsend Care Center will be required to be screened before entry and wear a N95 face mask as source control with eye protection. PPE will be provided by Wilton Retirement Community.
All visitors
Plastic Table Dividers have been placed and will remain for a minimum of 14 days to allow for limited communal activities in Leland R. Smith Assisted Living.
Staff will be limited from entering/re-entering between Leland Smith Assisted Living and Townsend Care Center unless in an emergency basis.
1. Therapy and Nurse Management will begin their responsibilities in Leland Smith Assisted Living and if necessary, transition to Townsend Care Center.

WRC staff continues to work diligently to ensure we are following proper infection control policies and procedures to prevent any further positive cases for residents or staff. However, with the new variant, we have learned very quickly to add additional precautions, infection control procedures, and Covid testing protocols.

Thank in advance for your continued support and understanding,

Laura A. Brandt CNA, LNHA

WRC Administrator

lbrandt@simpsonhome.org

August 5, 2022 WILTON UPDATE

To All Residents, Tenants, and Families of WRC

RE: Additional Resident and Staff Positive Cases Identified

Good evening to You All,

Today, August 5, 2022, Wilton Retirement Community has identified 1 additional positive case of COVID in a staff member and 2 additional case in a resident of Townsend Care Center. Since July 28, 2022, we have identified a total of 5 residents and 4 staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19. All positive staff members are isolated at home and all positive residents are transmission-based precautions for a total of 10 days. All other residents will remain isolated to their rooms until our second round of testing on August 9, 2022, in which again I hope to deliver some positive news and be able to allow those residents continuously negative for Covid to return to communal dining and group activities.

We have since tested all our residents in Townsend Care Center and no other cases have been identified at this time.

We will continue to test all residents and staff of Wilton Retirement Community until we have no positive cases identified in neither the Townsend Care Center or Leland Smith residents or tenants for 14 days.

We will remain in OUTBREAK status until we have no new positive cases in neither staff, residents, nor tenants for 14 days.

WRC staff is working diligently to ensure we are following proper infection control policies and procedures to prevent any further positive cases for residents or staff.

WRC staff and residents encourage you to practice proper social distancing and usage of PPE outside the Wilton Retirement Community walls due to the continuously high community rate the past several weeks.

WRC has continuously posted education for our visitors who are at a higher risk of contradicting and transmitting the virus while visiting our community during an outbreak. Please make note of any changes, updates, or new information and plan and visit accordingly.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding,

Laura A. Brandt CNA, LNHA

WRC Administrator

lbrandt@simpsonhome.org

563-732-5067

August 4, 2022 UPDATE WILTON

Good afternoon to You All,

It is with heavy heart; I am sending this notification to all of you of 2 additional positive cases of residents of Townsend Care Center. Since July 28, 2022, we have identified a total of 3 residents and 3 staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19. All positive staff members are isolated at home and all positive residents are transmission-based precautions for a total of 10 days. All other residents will remain isolated to their rooms until our second round of testing on August 9, 2022, in which I hope to deliver some positive news.

We will continue to test all residents and staff of Wilton Retirement Community until we have no positive cases identified in neither the Townsend Care Center or Leland Smith residents or tenants.

We will remain in OUTBREAK status until we have no new positive cases in neither staff, residents, nor tenants for 14 days.

WRC staff is working diligently to ensure we are following proper infection control policies and procedures to prevent any further positive cases for residents or staff.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding,

Laura A. Brandt CNA, LNHA

WRC Administrator

lbrandt@simpsonhome.org

563-732-5067

August 3, 2022 UPDATE WILTON

To All Residents, Tenants, and Families of WRC

RE: Resident Positive Case Identified

Since my last notification, it is with great regret, I notify you of 2 additional staff members and 1 identified positive case today of COVID-19 in a resident of Townsend Family Care Center of Wilton Retirement Community. Family of the resident has already been notified. We have also identified an additional 2 residents who started experiencing symptoms but have tested negative on our POC testing. Due to the new identified positive resident case, we will be performing a PCR test on those two residents. The family of those residents affected have been contacted.

We will continue to test all residents and staff of Wilton Retirement Community until we have no positive cases identified in either the Townsend Care Center or Leland Smith residents or tenants.

We will remain in OUTBREAK status until we have no new positive cases in neither staff, residents, nor tenants for 14 days.

What does this mean for our residents and families?

1. All residents of Townsend Care Center who are not up to date with their COVID Vaccine will be required to be isolated to their rooms until they have two negative tests within the next 5-7 days.

a. WRC will be testing all residents Thursday, August 4th and then again on Tuesday, August 9, 2022.

b. If all residents are negative, group activities, communal dining, and outings will be reinstated for Townsend Care Center.

2. Visitation with your loved one is still permitted; however, all visitors need to be aware of the risks of entering our building during the Outbreak status and be encouraged in other types of visitation.

3. No matter the vaccination status of the visitor, all visitors will be required to appropriately wear eye protection and face mask during the entire length of their visits and visits will only take place in resident rooms.

4. Outings for Townsend Care Center residents that are deemed medically necessary will only be approved at this time.

5. Those residents identified as Positive for Covid will be isolated to their rooms for 10 days and will be restricted from outings: however, not from in room visits. Visitors who request to visit their Covid positive loved one, will be required to wear full PPE which will include but not limited to: N95 mask, eye protection, gloves, and gown during the entire length of visit.

6. WRC staff will be limited to transfer between Leland R. Smith and Townsend Care Center to mitigate the risk.

7. Tenants of Leland R. Smith Assisted Living will be permitted to attend group activities, communal dining, and outings at this time.

Extra Precautions for Wilton Retirement Community:

1. All visitors of Wilton Retirement Community will be required to wear a face mask with eye protection. PPE will be provided by Wilton Retirement Community.

2. Plastic Table Dividers have been placed and will remain for a minimum of 14 days to allow for limited communal activities in Leland R. Smith Assisted Living.

3. Any staff member of Wilton Retirement Community will be required to wear a K95 mask and eye protection; however, will be in full PPE, including a N95 mask when working within the COVID-19 positive or suspected positive rooms/apartments.

All staff, residents, tenants, and families are highly encouraged to proper social distancing and wear PPE even when not with our community walls as the Muscatine Community Rate is currently at the HIGH/RED level and has been for the past 4 out of 5 weeks.

Please reach out with any questions or concerns & as always thank you for your continued understanding and support,

Laura A. Brandt CNA, LNHA

WRC Administrator

lbrandt@simpsonhome.org

563-732-5067

JULY 29 UPDATE FOR WILTON CAMPUS

To All Residents, Tenants, Staff and Families of WRC

RE: COVID-19 Potential Positive Staff Case Identified

Good evening to You All,

It’s with great regret, I notify all of you of a potential positive case of COVID-19 in a staff member of Wilton Retirement Community. The staff member will be isolating at home.

We have since initiated outbreak testing on all residents and staff, and we have no identified no additional cases. We will continue to test all residents and staff of Wilton Retirement Community until we have no positive cases.

We will remain in OUTBREAK status until we have no new positive cases in neither staff, residents, nor tenants for 14 days.

What does this mean for our residents and families?

1. Visitation with your loved one is still permitted; however, all visitors need to be aware of the risks of entering our building during the Outbreak status and be encouraged in other types of visitation.

2. No matter the vaccination status of the visitor, all visitors will be required to keep their eye protection and face mask on during the entire length of their visits and visits will only take place in resident/tenant rooms.

3. Outings will be continued to be approved on a case-by-case basis based on WRC’s Outbreak Status and Community Transmission Rate, currently at HIGH RATE for Muscatine County.

Extra Precautions for Wilton Retirement Community:

1. All visitors of Wilton Retirement Community will be required to wear a face mask rather with eye protection. PPE will be provided by Wilton Retirement Community.

2. Plastic Table Dividers have been placed and will remain for a minimum of 14 days to allow for limited communal activities at Wilton Retirement Community.

3. All residents and tenants of Wilton Retirement Community will continue to be highly encouraged to wear a surgical mask outside of their apartments and rooms.

4. Any staff member of Wilton Retirement Community will be required to continue to wear a

face mask and eye protection.

Please reach out with any questions or concerns & as always thank you for your continued understanding and support,

Laura A. Brandt CNA, LNHA

JUNE 7, 2022 UPDATE FOR WEST LIBERTY CAMPUS

It has been 2 weeks since our last positive case among residents at the Simpson Memorial’s nursing home. Only one staff member tested positive in the past week but that person was not in the facility for 3 days prior. We have let residents go back to dining in the dining room and participate in group activities while socially distancing. Visitors continue to be welcome, however we caution that ALL visitors must wear a mask at ALL times while visiting. The county positivity rate continues to be in the RED for all healthcare facilities which means there are a high # of cases per 100,000 in our county.

UPDATE – MAY 23, 2022 Good afternoon WRC Community,

During our continued outbreak testing of all our staff, residents, and tenants of Wilton Retirement Community, WRC has identified a total of 5 positive cases at Wilton Retirement Community since Monday, May 16, 2022. Four of the five positive cases are identified as staff AND 1 positive case was identified as an Assisted Living tenant today, May 23, 2022. No other cases have been identified at this time.

We will continue to test all residents, staff, and tenants of Wilton Retirement Community until we have no new positive cases for 14 days.

WRC will also remain in OUTBREAK status until we have no new positive cases in neither staff, residents, nor tenants for 14 days.

Even with the increasing community infection rate the past couple weeks, WRC staff has continued to stay focused and diligent with resident care and safety.

We encourage all visitors and families to Wilton Retirement Community to also stay diligent with proper social distancing and mask wearing as the community rates for Muscatine County and Cedar County is at the HIGH level per CDC Community Rates.

Please reach out with any questions or concerns.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding,

Laura A. Brandt CNA, LNHA

Wilton Retirement Community Administrator

MAY 18, 2022

To All Residents, Tenants, Staff and Families of WRC

RE: Additional COVID-19 Positive Staff Cases Identified

Good afternoon WRC Community,

During our continued outbreak testing of our staff and residents, WRC has identified 2 additional positive cases in staff members. With these additional cases,WRC has identified a totalof 3 positive cases of COVID-19 in staff members of Wilton Retirement Community since Monday, May 16, 2022.

With these two additional cases, we have extended our outbreak testing to including Leland R. Smith Assisted Living tenants and staff to maximize our due diligence. All the Leland R. Smith Tenants and Townsend Care Center residents have all tested negative. We will continue to test all residents, staff, and tenants of Wilton Retirement Community until we have no new positive cases for 14 days.

WRC will also remain in OUTBREAK status until we have no new positive cases in neither staff, residents, nor tenants for 14 days.

Even with the increasing community infection rate the past couple weeks, WRC staff has continued to stay focused and diligent with resident care and safety.

Please reach out with any questions or concerns.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding,

Laura A. Brandt CNA, LNHA

Wilton Retirement Community Administrator

To All Residents, Tenants, Staff and Families of WRC

MAY 16, 2022

RE: COVID-19 Positive Staff Case Identified

Good evening to You All,

It’s with great regret, I notify all of you of 1 identified positive case of COVID-19 in a staff member of Wilton Retirement Community. The staff member will be isolating at home.

We will remain in OUTBREAK status until we have no new positive cases in neither staff, residents, nor tenants for 14 days.

What does this mean for our residents and families?

Visitation with your loved one is still permitted; however, all visitors need to be aware of the risks of entering our building during the Outbreak status and be encouraged in other types of visitation.
No matter the vaccination status of the visitor, all visitors will be required to keep their eye protection and face mask on during the entire length of their visits and visits will only take place in resident/tenant rooms.
Outings will be continued to be approved on a case-by-case basis based on WRC’s Outbreak Status and Community Transmission Rate, currently at Substantial Rate for Muscatine County.

Extra Precautions for Wilton Retirement Community:

All visitors of Wilton Retirement Community will be required to wear a face mask rather with eye protection. PPE will be provided by Wilton Retirement Community.
Plastic Table Dividers have been placed and will remain for a minimum of 14 days to allow for limited communal activities at Wilton Retirement Community.
All residents and tenants of Wilton Retirement Community will continue to be highly encouraged to wear a surgical mask outside of their apartments and rooms.
Any staff member of Wilton Retirement Community will be required to continue to wear a

face mask and eye protection.

Please reach out with any questions or concerns & as always thank you for your continued understanding and support,

Laura A. Brandt CNA, LNHA

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