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1/30/23
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family know that Friday, 1/27/23, we completed our first round of testing with all negative results. We continue to head in the right direction and will still have twice a week testing on all staff and residents, until directed otherwise by the State. Updates will be provided if/when new information is available.
Visitors do not currently have to be screened. Masks are not required at this time, but that can change based on the community positivity levels, as reported by the State. We will conduct contact tracing and test those identified contacts as required by the State. Staff will still be wearing masks until further notice. We will send out updates if/when more information becomes available.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
1/27/23
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family know the results that have come back for this past week show two new resident positives and one staff positive. Families have been notified and the residents are being supported from their apartment. If we have another positive staff member or resident, you will be notified as soon as possible. We are headed in the right direction and are working hard to navigate the community through this outbreak.
Visitors do not currently have to be screened. Masks are required at this time due to being in outbreak status. We will continue to test twice a week until we have two rounds of all negative results. Staff will be wearing masks until further notice. We will send out updates if/when more information becomes available.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose, as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
1/14/23
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family know the results of community testing. We had twelve residents test positive this past week, all families have been notified. Residents are being supported from their apartments during a five-day isolation period. All but one resident will be out of isolation this coming Monday. In addition, we have seven staff who have been out during this past week. Staff are required to be out for at least five days, based on the onset and severity of symptoms. If we have another positive resident or staff member, you will be notified as soon as possible.
Visitors do not currently have to be screened. Masks are required at this time due to being in outbreak status. We will continue testing on Tuesday and Friday until further notice. Staff will still be wearing required PPE while caring for all residents. We are still having life enrichment activities where we can socially distance residents. We will send out updates as more information becomes available.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. Please help us by encouraging your loved ones to wear a mask while in communal areas. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
1/10/23
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family know we have an additional positive staff member and resident. The team member has been removed from the schedule effective immediately, and the resident is being supported from their apartment. If we have another positive staff member or resident, you will be notified as soon as possible.
Visitors do not currently have to be screened. Masks are required at this time due to being in outbreak. We will continue to conduct twice weekly testing, as mandated by the state. Staff will still be wearing masks until further notice. I will send out updates if/when more information becomes available.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
1/9/23
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family know we have two positive staff members, and one positive resident. Staff been removed from the schedule effective immediately, and the resident is being cared for. If we have another positive staff member or resident, you will be notified as soon as possible.
Visitors do not currently have to be screened. Masks are required at this time due to the community being in outbreak. We will conduct resident and staff testing as required by the State. Staff will still be wearing masks until further notice. We will send out updates if/when more information becomes available.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
12/4/22
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family we have one positive staff member. They have been removed from the schedule effective immediately. If we have another positive staff member or resident, you will be notified as soon as possible.
Visitors do not currently have to be screened. Masks are required by staff and visitors at this time. There is a sign on the front door letting guests know masks are currently required. We will be testing all staff and residents twice a week until further notice, as required by the State. We will send out updates if/when more information becomes available.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
11/28/22
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family know we have one positive resident. The family has been notified and the resident is being supported while isolating in their apartment. We will contact trace and test close contacts as required by the Health Department. If this is an isolated case, we will not have to go into community wide outbreak testing. If we have another positive resident or staff member, you will be notified as soon as possible.
Visitors do not currently have to be screened. Masks are required for staff and guests of the community. This is due to the Pueblo County positivity rate being categorized as High. As soon as the rates are back to a moderate level, masks will be optional again. I will send out updates if/when more information becomes available.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
11/14/22
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family we have one positive staff member. They have been removed from the schedule effective immediately. If we have another positive staff member or resident, you will be notified as soon as possible.
Visitors do not currently have to be screened. Masks are not required at this time, but that can change based on the community positivity levels, as reported by the State. We will conduct contact tracing and test those identified contacts as required by the State. Staff will still be wearing masks until further notice. I will send out updates if/when more information becomes available.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
10/29/22
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family we have two positive staff members. They have been removed from the schedule effective immediately. If we have another positive staff member or resident, you will be notified as soon as possible.
Visitors do not currently have to be screened. Masks are not required at this time, but that can change based on the community positivity levels, as reported by the State. We will conduct contact tracing and test those identified contacts as required by the State. Staff will still be wearing masks until further notice. I will send out updates if/when more information becomes available.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
9/29/22
We recently had a non-direct care staff member test positive. The staff member was immediately taken off the schedule. The CDC has been notified and will contact me if we need to initiate twice a week outbreak testing.
Out of an abundance of caution staff will be wearing masks when providing resident care. We continue with our dining program following stringent virus mitigation best practices and visitations are allowed with precautions. We continue following standards and protocols to identify, isolate and eradicate the virus in our community.
All visitors will continue to be screened, including having their temperature checked, they will need to wear a mask during the entire visit, they may not eat or drink during the visit, and all visits must take place in the residents’ apartments per state regulations.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
9/7/22
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family we have completed outbreak testing with no further positive cases. Our Life Enrichment Coordinator will now be able to resume resident activities as they were prior to outbreak. If we have another positive staff member or resident, you will be notified as soon as possible.
All visitors will continue to be screened, including having their temperature checked. Staff will still be wearing masks out of an abundance of caution, however, we can step back from the KN95/N95 masks at this time.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
8/22/22
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family know we received two positive PCR COVID-19 test results for residents. No additional staff has tested positive at this time. The residents are being supported in their apartment homes with isolation protocols, and families have been notified. With these positive cases, we will continue our testing twice a week on Monday and Thursday until further notice. Our Life Enrichment Coordinator continues to make changes to the activities schedule to ensure all residents are socially distanced during group activities. We are working very hard to keep this contained. Updates will continue to be sent as more tests are conducted and results come in.
Staff will continue wearing N95 masks and goggles, as well as residents wearing provided masks while in communal areas. We continue with our dining program following stringent virus mitigation best practices and visitations are allowed with precautions. We continue following standards and protocols to identify, isolate and eradicate the virus in our community.
All visitors will continue to be screened, including having their temperature checked, they will need to wear a mask during the entire visit, they may not eat or drink during the visit, and all visits must take place in the residents’ apartments per state regulations.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
8/12/22
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family know we received a positive POC COVID-19 test for a second resident that is fully vaccinated. The resident is being supported in their apartment home with isolation protocols, and the family has been notified. With this positive case, we will continue our testing twice a week on Monday and Thursday until further notice. We have received some results back from the first round of testing and there are no new positive cases at this time. We are waiting for the rest of the results and communication will be sent out if there is another positive. Our Life Enrichment Coordinator is making changes to the activities schedule to ensure all residents are socially distanced during group activities. We are working very hard to keep this contained. Updates will continue to be sent as more tests are conducted and results come in.
Staff will continue wearing N95 masks and goggles, as well as residents wearing provided masks while in communal areas. We continue with our dining program following stringent virus mitigation best practices and visitations are allowed with precautions. We continue following standards and protocols to identify, isolate and eradicate the virus in our community.
All visitors will continue to be screened, including having their temperature checked, they will need to wear a mask during the entire visit, they may not eat or drink during the visit, and all visits must take place in the residents’ apartments per state regulations.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
8/9/22
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family know we received a positive POC COVID-19 test for a partially vaccinated resident. The resident is being supported in their apartment home with isolation protocols, and family has been notified. With this positive case, we will continue our testing twice a week on Monday and Thursday until further notice. Our Life Enrichment Coordinator is making changes to the activities schedule to ensure all residents are socially distanced during group activities. We are working very hard to keep this contained. Updates will continue to be sent as more tests are conducted and results come in.
Staff will continue wearing N95 masks and goggles, as well as residents wearing provided masks while in communal areas. We continue with our dining program following stringent virus mitigation best practices and visitations are allowed with precautions. We continue following standards and protocols to identify, isolate and eradicate the virus in our community.
All visitors will continue to be screened, including having their temperature checked, they will need to wear a mask during the entire visit, they may not eat or drink during the visit, and all visits must take place in the residents’ apartments per state regulations.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
8/4/22
We recently had an asymptomatic staff member test positive. The staff member was immediately taken off the schedule and sent for PCR testing to verify. The CDC has been notified and we will begin outbreak testing twice a week on residents and staff.
Unfortunately, the positivity rate for our county remains high, as of 8/1/2022 it was 10.7%, accompanied by a high transmission rate.
Out of an abundance of caution staff will be wearing N95 masks and goggles, as well as residents wearing provided masks while in communal areas. We continue with our dining program following stringent virus mitigation best practices and visitations are allowed with precautions. We continue following standards and protocols to identify, isolate and eradicate the virus in our community.
All visitors will continue to be screened, including having their temperature checked, they will need to wear a mask during the entire visit, they may not eat or drink during the visit, and all visits must take place in the residents’ apartments per state regulations.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
7/14/22
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family we have completed outbreak testing with no further positive cases. Our Life Enrichment Coordinator will now be able to resume resident activities as they were prior to outbreak. If we have another positive staff member or resident, you will be notified as soon as possible.
All visitors will continue to be screened, including having their temperature checked. Staff will still be wearing masks out of an abundance of caution, however, we can step back from the KN95/N95 masks at this time.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
6/19/22
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family know we received a positive PCR COVID-19 test for a fully vaccinated resident. The resident is being supported in their apartment home with isolation protocols. With this positive case, we will increase our testing to twice a week on Monday and Thursday until further notice. Our Life Enrichment Coordinator is making changes to the activities schedule to ensure all residents are socially distanced during group activities. We are working very hard to keep this contained. Updates will continue to be sent as more tests are conducted and results come in.
Staff will continue wearing N95 masks and goggles, as well as residents wearing provided masks while in communal areas. We continue with our dining program following stringent virus mitigation best practices and visitations are allowed with precautions. We continue following standards and protocols to identify, isolate and eradicate the virus in our community.
All visitors will continue to be screened, including having their temperature checked, they will need to wear a mask during the entire visit, they may not eat or drink during the visit, and all visits must take place in the residents’ apartments per state regulations.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
6/16/22
We recently had a non-direct care staff member showing symptoms of COVID. The staff member was immediately taken off the schedule and sent for PCR testing. This morning the results came back positive. As a precautionary measure PCR testing was done on all residents and staff in the community. This was completed Monday June 13, 2022 and sent to the state.
Unfortunately, the positivity rate for our county continues to increase with a positivity rate of 13% as of 6/14/22, accompanied by a high transmission rate.
Out of an abundance of caution staff will be wearing N95 masks and goggles, as well as residents wearing provided masks while in communal areas. We continue with our dining program following stringent virus mitigation best practices and visitations are allowed with precautions. We continue following standards and protocols to identify, isolate and eradicate the virus in our community.
All visitors will continue to be screened, including having their temperature checked, they will need to wear a mask during the entire visit, they may not eat or drink during the visit, and all visits must take place in the residents’ apartments per state regulations.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
1/25/22
We received all previous pending PCR results back from the state lab and are pleased that we only received one positive test for a fully vaccinated resident whose test was collected on Friday. This resident is being supported in their apartment with isolation protocol and their loved ones have been personally contacted.
Unfortunately, the positivity rate for our county continues to increase, it is now 27.5% a four percent increase from the previous week.
Out of an abundance of caution we continue to limit our life enrichment activities to small group and individual activities in apartments to increase social distancing in our community. We continue with our dining program following stringent virus mitigation best practices and visitations are allowed with precautions.
All visitors will continue to be screened, including having their temperature checked, they will need to wear a mask during the entire visit, they may not eat or drink during the visit, and all visits must take place in the residents’ apartments per state regulations.
Team members are wearing surgical masks and gloves when providing resident care. We continue following standards and protocols to identify, isolate and eradicate the virus in our community.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
1/20/22
We finally received all results back from the state lab from the PCR tests we collected on Monday, January 10th. We are pleased to share there were no new positive test results for team members. We did identify one new positive result for a resident, all other resident results were negative. This resident is being supported in their apartment with isolation protocol and their loved ones have been personally contacted.
We are still awaiting our PCR results from tests collected late last week and earlier this week. Per state guidance for twice a week testing during an outbreak, we will test again tomorrow.
Out of an abundance of caution we continue to limit our life enrichment activities to small group and individual activities in apartments to increase social distancing in our community. We continue with our dining program following stringent virus mitigation best practices and visitations are allowed with precautions.
All visitors will continue to be screened, including having their temperature checked, they will need to wear a mask during the entire visit, they may not eat or drink during the visit, and all visits must take place in the residents’ apartments per state regulations.
Team members are wearing surgical masks and gloves when providing resident care. We continue following standards and protocols to identify, isolate and eradicate the virus in our community.
We appreciate your support of our extra steps to keep our community safe. We continue to encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including the booster dose as it greatly reduces the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our community.
1/19/22
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family know that we received a positive rapid POC COVID-19 test for a fully vaccinated resident. The resident is being supported in their apartment home with isolation protocols.
We will welcome back a team member tomorrow who will be considered recovered and will have completed their required quarantine.
We are still awaiting our PCR results from last week’s testing back from the state lab. We did collect another round of PCR tests yesterday and will again on Friday per state regulations.
We are limiting our life enrichment activities to small group and individual engagements to increase social distancing in our community. We continue with our dining program following stringent virus mitigation best practices and visitations are allowed with precautions.
All visitors will continue to be screened, including having their temperature checked, they will need to wear a mask during the entire visit, they may not eat or drink during the visit, and all visits must take place in the residents’ apartments per state regulations.
Team members are wearing surgical masks and gloves when providing resident care. We continue following standards and protocols to identify, isolate and eradicate the virus in our community.
Thank you for your support. We will continue to put the health and safety of everyone who lives and works at Cappella of Pueblo West as our top priority.
1/17/22
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family know that we received a positive rapid POC COVID-19 test for an unvaccinated team member with an approved exemption. The team member last worked in our community on January 15th, they are asymptomatic, and are isolating at home. We also were alerted that a resident, who had gone to the hospital to receive treatment for another ailment, tested positive on January 16th. The resident is fully vaccinated and continues to be supported at the hospital.
Unfortunately, due to the current COVID-19 surge, we have not yet received the results from the full community PCR tests we collected last Monday and Thursday, the labs are backed up. We will again collect PCR tests for all residents and team members, regardless of their vaccination status today per the state’s twice a week required testing.
We are limiting our life enrichment activities to small group and individual engagements to increase social distancing in our community. We continue with our dining program following stringent virus mitigation best practices and visitations are allowed with precautions.
All visitors will continue to be screened, including having their temperature checked, they will need to wear a mask during the entire visit, they may not eat or drink during the visit, and all visits must take place in the residents’ apartments per state regulations.
Team members are wearing surgical masks and gloves when providing resident care. We continue following standards and protocols to identify, isolate and eradicate the virus in our community.
According to the state health department, our county’s virus positivity rate jumped nearly 10%, we are now at 23.4%. We encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including receiving the booster dose. The vaccine greatly reduces the impact of the virus on our community.
Thank you for your support. We will continue to put the health and safety of everyone who lives and works at Cappella of Pueblo West as our top priority.
1/11/22
In our continued commitment to be transparent and provide timely notifications, we want to let our Cappella of Pueblo West family know that we have received a positive COVID-19 test for a fully vaccinated team member. The team member last worked in our community on January 5th, they are experiencing mild symptoms, and are isolating at home.
We collected PCR tests from all residents and team members, regardless of their vaccination status yesterday, we are awaiting those results.
We continue with all virus mitigation efforts and best practices, including having all team members wearing surgical masks and gloves when providing resident care. We continue following standards and protocols to identify, isolate and eradicate the virus in our community.
At this time, there are no changes to any of our community programs, including visitations. All visitors will continue to be screened, including having your temperature checked, they will need to wear a mask during the entire visit, they may not eat or drink during the visit, and all visits must take place in the residents’ apartments per state regulations.
According to the state health department, the virus positivity rate for our county is high at 15.8%, a 10% jump from last week. We encourage everyone to become fully vaccinated, including receiving the booster dose.
Thank you for your support. We will continue to put the health and safety of everyone who lives and works at Cappella of Pueblo West as our top priority.
