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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
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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
Why ‘Cuomo’s death order’ didn’t really cause NY’s nursing home carnage. A reality check
Updated Mar 04, 2021;
Posted Mar 04, 2021
Dr. Howard Zucker, left, commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, listens to Gov. Andrew Cuomo discuss the state s preparedness for the spread of coronavirus during a news conference, Monday, March 2, 2020 in New York.Mark Lennihan | AP Photo
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Syracuse, N.Y. – To hear Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s critics tell it, March 25 is a date that will live in infamy.
On that date, Cuomo’s health commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, sent a memo directing nursing homes to help free up hospital beds by taking Covid-19 patients into their facilities.
Over 180 balloons were brought to the facility as part of an Adopt-A-Grandparent program. Author: WGRZ Staff Updated: 4:50 PM EST February 3, 2021
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. The McGuire Group’s Garden Gate Health Care Facility in Cheektowaga had some very special visitors Wednesday thanks to Balloon Masters and their balloon buddies.
Over 180 balloons were brought to the facility as part of an Adopt-A-Grandparent program.
Balloon Masters is currently accepting donations to help bring balloon buddies to every nursing home resident in Western New York. Balloon Masters sponsors one nursing home at a time, and moves on to the next nursing home once every resident has received a buddy.
EDMONTON Premier Jason Kenney’s announcement that Alberta has reached a vaccine “milestone” is creating some confusion amongst private seniors home operators. Kenney said Monday that the first dose of vaccination against COVID-19 had now been administered in all 357 long-term care and designated supportive living facilities in the province, a feat he called a ‘tremendous milestone’. “I believe (this) makes Alberta the first province in the country to complete the first dose vaccine rollout for this important and highly vulnerable population,” said Kenney. However, operators of private long-term care homes said they are frustrated by the language being used.