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Chautauqua Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has received three deficiency-free infection control surveys from the department of health.
Since a COVID-19 outbreak at the beginning of the year, the Chautauqua Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has done its best to recover and adapt.
The coronavirus infected dozens of residents within the facility and around 70% of the staff. But in the months since, and since the pandemic began, the CNRC has taken as many steps as possible to ensure safety for residents and staff.
“Since March of 2020, our team has faced unprecedented hurdles to which they have responded with ingenuity, determination and selflessness,” said Dawn Harsch, spokeswoman for VestraCare and the Chautauqua Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. “For more than a year, we have worked hand-in-hand with the department of health to incorporate aggressive infection control measures, screening practices, PPE use, vaccination administration and advanced clean