Blog: Candle Light Cove

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…

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…

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…

Testing Updates Weekly COVID-19 testing continues across all communities in all three states, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia.  We are once again COVID-free in all communities.  We are proud of these results and thank you for your on-going support. Opening Updates Outdoor visiting continues and the visits are now numerous.  We…

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted, disrupted, and changed lives throughout the world. Schools. Workplaces. Restaurants. Shopping centers. Communities. Family homes. Seemingly no one has been spared from the uncertainty and challenges associated with the coronavirus.  IntegraCare has strived to make the health and safety of its residents and team members their…

Everyone should have the opportunity to live a long and healthy life.  However, life choices and the environments that surround us as we age can have a significant impact on our quality of life as we age. The WHO defines Healthy Aging “as the process of developing and maintaining the…

Covid Testing Update Weekly testing continues across all communities in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia.  We are once again COVID-Free* across all our communities.  (*At the time of recording our weekly video update, not all results had come in.) Our second round of testing at our Tyrone, PA community came back…