Covid-19 Updates - Massapequa Center

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Visitation Guidelines

No Visitor Testing Requirement

As of March 21, 2023, the NY State Department of Health no longer requires skilled nursing facilities visitors to be tested prior to visiting their loved ones.

Please defer all non-urgent, in-person visits if you have a positive test for COVID-19, are experiencing symptoms of the virus or have had close contact with someone who has tested positive.

We continue to encourage you to wear masks while visiting in our facility. Please follow our hand hygiene protocols, which include using alcohol-based hand sanitizer if hands are not visibly soiled or otherwise washing with soap and water.

Test kits will continue to be available for visitors who would like to test prior to visiting their loved one. We encourage all visitors to be vaccinated, and boosted when eligible, to reduce the risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19, as well as to reduce the severity of illness if infection occurs. If you have any questions, reach out to your loved one’s social worker.

While visitation will be allowed at all times, the facility will suggest that visitors wishing to come in large groups, preferably provide notice as such, so that optimal accommodations can be arranged and provided for, towards maintaining social distancing practices. Suggested visiting hours will also be recommended so that visitation will not interfere with resident’s care, dining, activities, or night time sleep/privacy.

We are committed to communicating with family members the status of the virus in the facility. If any resident tests positive for COVID-19, any resident suffers a COVID-19 related death or if three or more residents or staff with new-onset of respiratory symptoms occur within 72 hours, we are committed to update the table below within 24 hours of such positive test result or death (as per Executive Order 202.18, 42 CFR 483.80 and CDC guidance). Due to patient privacy laws, we are unable to share any further specific information about the confirmed cases or deaths in our facility, but we have notified their immediate family members/guardian.

We will continue to keep family members up to date as this situation unfolds, so they have the latest information about their loved ones. Thank you, and please to not hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or concerns.

Visit this webpage daily for the latest information Massapequa Center Rehabilitation & Nursing has to share with our families and friends about COVID-19

Coronavirus (COVID-19) poses a serious threat to older adults and those with underlying health conditions.

We are doing everything possible to ensure we stop the spread. Our staff and residents continue to follow the following recommended preventative actions within the building until the virus has been eradicated:

Ongoing hand hygiene with alcohol-based hand sanitizers in locations such as in or near each resident’s room, common areas, etc.
Regular and frequent internal monitoring systems of hand hygiene with regular feedback to staff.
Visual reminders that hand hygiene helps residents stay healthy.
Early identification of viral infections that cause upper respiratory illness (e.g. “colds”, “flu”, or “winter crud”) that lead to steps that prevent viral spread. Preventative measures include: Early contact isolation and droplet protection for individuals with flu-like symptoms before a definitive diagnosis is made. This includes: Keeping ill individuals away from healthy individuals as much as possible.
Use of masks on residents with symptoms if they need to leave their rooms, which should be severely restricted.
Constant use of personal protective equipment for droplet protection.
Use of appropriate cleaning products on surfaces that are cytotoxic for common viral infections and changing these cleaning products when the harder to kill infectious agents are identified and requires special cleaning products.

Date

New resident Covid-19 Positive

Covid-19 related death

Date

New Resident Covid-19 Positive

Resident Covid-19 related death

3 or more residents with onset of symptoms within 72 hours

3 or more staff with onset of symptoms within 72 hours

New Staff Covid-19 Positive

Date

New Resident Covid-19 Positive

Resident Covid-19 related death

3 or more residents with onset of symptoms within 72 hours

3 or more staff with onset of symptoms within 72 hours

New Staff Covid-19 Positive

4/19/20

5/7/20

6/10/20

4/20/20

5/8/20

6/11/20

4/21/20

5/9/20

6/12/20

4/22/20

5/10/20

6/13/20

4/23/20

5/11/20

6/14/20

4/24/20

5/12/20

6/15/20

4/25/20

5/13/20

6/16/20

4/26/20

5/14/20

6/17/20

4/27/20

5/15/20

6/18/20

4/28/20

5/16/20

6/19/20

4/29/20

5/17/20

6/20/20

4/30/20

5/18/20

6/21/20

5/1/20

5/19/20

6/22/20

5/2/20

5/20/20

6/23/20

5/3/20

5/21/20

6/24/20

5/4/20

5/22/20

6/25/20

5/5/20

5/23/20

yes

6/26/20

5/6/20

5/24/20

yes

6/27/20

5/25/20

6/28/20

5/26/20

yes

6/29/20

5/27/20

yes

6/30/20

5/28/20

yes

7/1/20

yes

5/29/20

yes

7/2/20

5/30/20

7/3/20

5/31/20

7/4/20

6/1/20

7/5/20

6/2/20

yes

7/6/20

6/3/20

yes

7/7/20

6/4/20

yes

7/8/20

6/5/20

7/9/20

6/6/20

7/10/20

6/7/20

7/11/20

6/8/20

yes

7/12/20

6/9/20

7/13/20

Thank you, and please to not hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or concerns.