Concordia Lutheran Ministries hosted its 10th annual live Nativity program Sunday at its Haven II building on Marwood Road in Jefferson Township. Amber Walchesky of the Cabot section on Winfield, who attended the event with her husband, Jarod, and two daughters, Maylee, 3, and Braelynn, 1, said they were there
WINFIELD TWP Dan Howard said he understands the worries a person might have when a loved one starts living in a retirement community or assisted-living home, but the one where he lives was open to e.
After more than a year of virtual visits and waving through windows, loved ones of those in local nursing homes have found their way back into residents’ arms.
In recent weeks, nursing homes throughout Beaver County started welcoming back visitors and allowing close contact with fully vaccinated residents, in response to changes in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) nursing home recommendations.
The new guidance advises, “responsible indoor visitation at all times and for all residents, regardless of vaccination status of the resident or visitor,” unless county positivity rates of COVID-19 move above 10%, less than 70% of residents in the facility are fully vaccinated, residents with visitors test positive for COVID-19 or residents with visitors are quarantining.
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The number of covid-19 infections has risen significantly at Concordia at Cabot, a nursing and personal care facility in Butler County.
As of Monday, 25 nursing home residents and 16 skilled nursing employees have tested positive for the virus at Cabot. On the same campus, 55 residents in Lund personal care and 19 residents in Oertel personal care have tested positive – along with 18 employees in Lund and three in Oertel. In total, the Concordia at Cabot campus now has 136 infections.
Frank Skrip, director of public relations for Concordia Lutheran Ministries, said the campus has 142 skilled nursing beds and 280 personal care beds, and that 85-90% of all beds are occupied. Concordia at Cabot is part of Concordia Lutheran Ministries, a large regional chain.