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What is the Covid Status at Our Communities? As our country celebrated Thanksgiving, sharing what each is grateful for, many are doing so from their separate homes while others still chose to travel and gather.  We are hopeful that our distant circles of friends and neighbors have made healthy choices…

PITTSBURGH – IntegraCare considers its team members at 11 senior living communities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia as part of a family. And, Thanksgiving is a time to show appreciation for your family, even amid a global pandemic. In recognition of the team’s dedication, diligence, and hard work throughout the…

Our message this week is with a more personal tone from our President and Co-Founder, Loriann Putzier, and calls for reflection on what matters most. What is the Covid Status at Our Communities? This week our nation crossed a grim statistic. We reached 250,000 deaths across the US as a…

Now more than ever we need alignment with our families and team members and it is a time to step back – each of us –  and commit to what matters most – safety for all. What is happening nationally with the spread of covid?   We all watch the same…

COVID-19 Testing Update In Pennsylvania, we continue to test a 20% random sample of our team members each week in areas that are under 5% infection rate.  For areas that are above that threshold, 100% testing is conducted weekly.  We are COVID-free in 6 of our nine PA communities.  We…

BEDFORD, PA. – Positive COVID-19 tests have been reported at Colonial Courtyard at Bedford, a senior living community in Bedford PA. Key facts known at this time: Last weekend, on Sunday, November 1st, an ill resident went to the hospital. She was tested for COVID-19 and the community received notice…

How Do We Know We’re On the Right Path? We are sensitive to concerns about resident isolation and the effect on well-being.  The balance of safety and well-being weighs heavy on our thoughts.  We must ensure our residents are safe from Covid, but a significant part of our programming also…

Covid-19 has not left headlines since it struck, but it seems it’s back in the news more.  This is due in part to the diagnosis and subsequent recovery of our President, and some of the regions our communities are in returning to elevated risk levels with state-mandated precautions.  Here’s where…

Testing Update Vigilant testing above state mandates continues in all of our communities.  Communities in Pennsylvania and Maryland remain Covid-free.  We are awaiting our final round of full-population Covid testing in our Virginia community, and expect those results early next week.  We anticipate those results to be fully negative, and…

Our weekly testing continues across all three states, PA, MD and VA.  We are COVID-free in all Pennsylvania and Maryland communities.  In Virginia, we had a contract team member and a community team member test positive for COVID. The contact tracing revealed the source and we subsequently tested all team…