Hearthstone, A Ministry of Wesleylife in Pella, reports vaccinations are ongoing in their long-term care facilities, with more on the way.
Executive Director Nancy Hamilton says they’ve held the first of two vaccination clinics at their local locations, while continuing to work to protect their residents as much as possible as rollout is expanded into the community this spring and summer.
She says it’s been difficult to not welcome visitors to their campuses, but she’s hopeful the COVID-19 positivity rate can decline as the vaccine builds herd immunity, and they can open back up in the near future.
Hearthstone, A Ministry of Wesleylife in Pella, is working hard to bounce back from a challenging year in 2020.
Executive Director Nancy Hamilton says the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed their campuses as it has at retirement communities and long-term care facilities across the entire state.
Just before the onset of the pandemic, Hamilton says Hearthstone endured a lost of just over one-third of their local capacity when a water-main break flooded Jefferson Place in February 2020.
WesleyLife has announced a campaign to generate $2 million to help fund a 36-suite addition to The Cottages. So far, Hamilton says more than one million dollars have been raised through a $2 million fundraising effort to finish funding the total cost of the $9 million renovation and construction initiative.