COVID-19: More Upper Valley retirement communities report virus clusters
Staff Reports
Modified: 1/15/2021 9:48:54 PM
WINDSOR More retirement communities in the Upper Valley are dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks.
At the Cedar Hill Continuing Care Community on Route 5 in Windsor, five residents and four staff members in the Village at Cedar Hill memory care center have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to co-owner Patricia Horn.
“So far we have been able to confine it to that,” she said, noting that Cedar Hill’s assisted living and nursing home patients have so far tested negative.
No one has required hospitalization, with residents showing “minimum symptoms” including a low fever, some congestion and some who are more lethargic, she said.
COVID-19: 7 residents test positive at Sullivan County nursing home
Staff reports
Modified: 1/8/2021 9:46:31 PM
Sullivan County Health Care on Friday said seven residents have tested positive and are in the Stearns 3 section of the nursing home at the county complex in Unity.
“We had required the use of N95 masks, including surgical masks, gowns and goggles or face shields to enter Stearns 3, and (are) providing resident care precautions on all floors,” nursing home Administrator Ted Purdy said in a letter to relatives of residents.
The positive cases among residents come after at least eight workers at the nursing home had tested positive. Staff and residents began receiving COVID-19 vaccinations this week. The county nursing home has 117 residents and 107 staff members.