Peregrine Senior Living COVID-19 Updates

Update 1/01/2021

In this new year 2021, Peregrine Senior Living Communities and their dedicated staff continue to diligently monitor the COVID-19 directives and guidelines posted by the National Center of Disease Control (CDC), New York Maryland and all local health departments to implement best practices to keep our beloved residents safe, healthy, and connected to their families and friends while maintaining the same warm, caring, and loving community spirit. However, despite our best efforts and like many other senior living communities, COVID-19 infections have occurred in some staff and residents. Each case is being managed collaboratively with the New York State Department of Health and local authorities. As a result, and per regulation, Communities with recent or active COVID positive test results are closed to visitors and non-essential personnel. Click on the link for visitation status in your individual Peregrine Community.

Thankfully, Peregrine communities are actively participating in the COVID-19 vaccine campaign that is being managed by the CDC and NY State Department of Health, with the highest priorities placed on hospital, nursing home and assisted living residents and personnel. Peregrine Assisted Living and Adult Home communities have been scheduled to receive vaccinations toward the end of January and beginning of February 2021. Following the initial vaccine, the first of a 2-vaccine protocol — the subsequent vaccinations are scheduled approximately three weeks later.

This is an important step toward a return to some semblance of normalcy. Seeing family. Giving long overdue hugs and looking forward to a brighter future.

While we cannot let our guard down over the next few months, we welcome an end to this awful pandemic. Do your part. Get vaccinated and keep wearing your mask!

Update 9/19/2020

Peregrine Senior Living Communities and their dedicated staff remain very much aware and sensitive to the anxiety and concern this ongoing Coronavirus pandemic is creating in our hearts, in our homes and in our communities. From the onset of this pandemic, we have been diligently monitoring the COVID-19 directives and guidelines posted by the National Center of Disease Control (CDC), New York Maryland and all local health departments to implement best practices to keep our beloved residents safe, healthy and connected to their families and friends while maintaining the same warm, caring and loving community spirit. To date, and to the best of our knowledge, we have been blessed that none of our residents have been infected with the virus.

To protect our Communities from pandemic exposure, we have significantly restricted access to the Community. Until recently only personnel deemed essential for the health and well-being of our residents are allowed access to the Community and must follow strict screening procedures prior to each entry. Essential individuals include community staff, medical providers, EMTs, physical and occupational therapists whose services are necessary for the delivery of quality care and services to each of our residents. Now, with the Governor’s and the Department of Health’s directives, with very specific qualifiers and following the same access screening required of all essential personnel, family members can also visit their loved ones. The up-to-date status of family visitation for the Community in which your loved one resides is posted on that Community’s website, along with the procedure for scheduling visitation and should be checked prior to planning a visit.

Our Community access screening procedure includes:

• Taking the temperature of essential personnel and it must be below 100.1^o F
• Evaluating recent social activity and any travel history for increased risks of exposure
• Reviewing present health status for any symptoms of viral respiratory infection

Essential personnel who do not pass all aspects of the screening process will be denied access to the Community. All essential personnel in the building are required to wear facemasks while in the building.  At the midpoint of their shifts, care staff will again be screened for temperature and respiratory infection symptoms.

Update 5/1/2020

Peregrine Senior Living Residents are ‘Stayin’ Inside’

Updated 4/6/2020

At Peregrine, We Work Together to Keep Our Residents Safe, Healthy and Connected

Peregrine is actively implementing communication tools and programs to keep our residents and their families connected in a meaningful way while respecting the entry restrictions we have put in place to protect them. These programs include:

• Community Connections program, using video-conferencing technologies such as FaceTime, Syntela, Skype and Zoom, to connect our residents with their families and loved ones face-to-face
• Communicating consistently to family members of essential actions necessary to assure best safety practices
• Communicating consistently to outside care providers regarding necessary practices in place to ensure best practices are followed
• Posting regularly on the individual community’s FACEBOOK sites, photos and videos of community activities

If you would like to stay informed of the CDC’s coronavirus information and recommendations, visit www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html or your local and state health department websites.

Posted 3/16/2020

To Our Valued Families and Friends,

Members of the Peregrine Senior Living Management Team and our Communities understand that some of you may be concerned about the spread of COVID-19 (the coronavirus) being reported in the media and how it may impact your loved ones living in our Communities. Ensuring our residents are cared for in a safe and healthy environment is our greatest priority and, at this time, want you to know that we do not have any cases of coronavirus in any of our Communities and are taking steps to keep it that way.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended a variety of actions that we are implementing to help reduce the potential of the virus entering our buildings. However, we need your help in addressing these coronavirus concerns. Below are some examples of how you can help protect our residents, as well as reduce the spread in the general community.

• Avoid close contact (within 6 feet) of people who are sick
• Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue then throw the tissue in the trash
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth
• Stay home when you are sick, except to get medical care
• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds

At this time, we request that you do not visit the Community if you have any symptoms of respiratory illness. Those symptoms include: cough, fever, sore throat, runny nose, and/or shortness of breath. We also request that you do not visit the Community if you, or someone with whom you have been in contact, has traveled to known coronavirus outbreak areas such as China, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Iran or any of the known hotspots for coronavirus in the US in the past 14 days.

We, and our Communities, are keeping up-to-date and following the recommendations of the CDC, in conjunction with the local and state Health Departments on prevention and management. It is important to note that the CDC is not recommending healthy people wear a mask as they are not effective in preventing infection with coronavirus.

If you would like additional information, visit the CDC’s coronavirus information page at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html, or go to your local or state health department websites.