COVID-19 check·August 19, 2022

On 8/19/22, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) J. Sampair made an unannounced COVID-19 case management visit of the facility. The LPA met with Director of Wellness, Christine Jean, and reviewed when COVID-19 infected residents of a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) are required to have a minimum 10-day isolation period as written in PIN 22-15-ASC. During the meeting, Ms. Jean acknowledged and demonstrated her detailed understanding of those circumstances under which CCRC Independent Living (IL) Residents are required to be in isolation for a period of no less than 10 days. She stated that IL Residents R1 and R2, both of whom had been reported COVID-19 positive earlier in the week, will remain in isolation at least 10 days since they are symptomatic and that they have been directly exposed to another person infected with COVID-19. Ms. Jean also explained the procedures their facility uses to care for COVID-19 infected IL Residents in isolation. She stated that no signage is attached to their doors identifying them as COVID-19 infected, which was consistent with honoring their right to privacy. During residents' isolation period, no staff members or other residents enter the resident's home. The facility delivers meals to the resident's front door, and all of the cleaning services stop until the isolation period has ended. After the isolation period has ended, Housekeeping utilizes a robot to apply a disinfectant within the resident's home that requires at least 1 hour for the home to be unoccupied, before the regular housekeeping services restart. No deficiencies were issued. An exit interview was conducted and a copy of this report provided.