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The Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit has placed the Pines Long Term Care Home in Bracebridge on respiratory outbreak status.
This after four residents at the home developed mild respiratory symptoms yesterday (Tues).
Families of the symptomatic residents were notified and the affected residents have been moved to an isolated area of the home for monitoring while the potential outbreak is investigated.
District Chair John Klinck says ensuring the residents and staff are safe and in a healthy environment is the District’s first priority.
Staff there have been in contact with the Health Unit to ensure appropriate precautions have been taken.
So far, diagnostic swabs were taken on all four residents and according to Public Health, results will be available in the next 24 hours.
Staff continue to take deliberate steps to ensure the health and wellbeing of the Pines residents and staff including:
– Restricting all visitors, volunteers and non-essential health care personnel from visiting the facility, except for compassionate reasons such as end-of-life situations.
– Actively screening all residents twice daily
– Actively screening all health care personnel for respiratory symptoms including actively checking temperatures for a fever at the beginning of each shift.
– Anyone with these symptoms will not be permitted to enter the facility at any time.
More details as they become available.