Covered this week:
Vaccine Update
State and trade organizations have advised us that our communities likely will not receive the vaccine before February. We are actively fighting to get confirmed vaccine clinic dates and will share those as soon as we know. Ensuring ALL residents and Team Members are included is a priority and we are fighting to make this happen.
Accepting the vaccination is a personal decision that will have implications for resident health and their ability to connect with friends and family – safely.
There is no other answer that will be 95% effective so we urge you to make plans now for your loved one to accept the vaccination when it becomes available.
The pharmacies will bring us the vaccine and the manpower to administer it. Please do not wait until the second round to take the first injection. Act now. Be a pioneer and early adopter and improve the odds of keeping yourself and your family safe.
We urge our team members to do the same. Be a pioneer! Keep yourself and your family safe – and help us be a safer place to work, live, and reconnect.
Incidence Rates
Positivity Rates By County
Please note that the incidence rates in the surrounding counties remain high. We must remain vigilant with our safety precautions and actions. You probably have heard about the first case of the variant strain of the virus in the eastern part of PA. That is another reason to keep our foot on the gas with our safety mindset.
Below are the current Positivity/Incidence rates in the regions where our communities exist. As a reminder, the Positivity Rate is the percentage of all coronavirus tests performed that are actually positive, or: (positive tests)/(total tests) x 100%.
The threshold for concern in incidence rates is at or above 5%.
| State | County | Town of ICC Community | Positivity Rate |
| PA | Allegheny | Pittsburgh | 10.5% |
| PA | Bedford | Bedford | 18.4% |
| PA | Blair | Tyrone | 12.3% |
| PA | Butler | Butler | 14.4% |
| PA | Clearfield | Clearfield | 15.1% |
| PA | Cumberland | Camp Hill | 15.0% |
| PA | Franklin | Chambersburg | 21.0% |
| PA | Lancaster | Lancaster | 15.3% |
| PA | Westmoreland | Greensburg | 14.9% |
| MD | Talbot | Easton | 9.4% |
| MD | Queen Anne’s | Queenstown | 9.6% |
| MD | Anne Arundel | Annapolis | 8.8% |
| VA | Fairfax | Reston | 18.8% |
What is the Covid Status at Our Communities?
The following data is current as of 12:00 PM on 1/8/21 unless otherwise noted.
For The Woods at Cedar run, it is important to note that the numbers are reflective of testing that occurred on 12/30 and again on 1/3. We want you to know that the number of positive residents and team members is declining and we are headed in a more favorable direction.
Covid Paused Communities
These communities are in transition. They either have at least one Covid positive test result or are testing to verify that they have successfully cleared covid.
- Candle Light Cove
- 0 Resident and 0 Team Members Positive
- Covid free & optimistic
- MD state regs have suspended all visits within the community
- Testing per MD mandates is underway
- Distanced dining and distanced small group activities are in effect
- Virtual visits encouraged
- Colonial Courtyard at Bedford
- 1 Resident and 0 Team Members Positive
- The positive resident required hospitalization after a fall and was placed in a unit with a covid-positive patient and subsequently contracted covid there
- Full testing continues
- Magnolias of Chambersburg
- 0 Resident and 0 Team Members Positive
- Full testing continues
- Memory Care is currently in Covid Secure (Yellow) status with additional monitoring of vitals and advanced PPE measures
- Magnolias of Lancaster
- 0 Residents, 0 Team Member Positive
- Full testing continues
- Vestibule visits encouraged
- Hunters Woods at Trails Edge
- 0 Residents and 0 Team Members Positive
- We remain covid free at this time
- VA Department of Health has mandated that no indoor visits be allowed resulting in the Covid Secure (Yellow) status
- Colonial Courtyard at Tyrone
- 0 Resident and 0 Team Members Positive
- Testing to verify that our residents and team are covid free
- Virtual visits encouraged
- Colonial Courtyard at Clearfield
- 0 Resident and 1 Team Members Positive
- Twice-weekly testing continues
- Working to bring back dining and small group activities in phases
Covid Secured Communities
These communities have a substantial number of Covid positive test results. Protocols have changed with full isolation zones to contain the spread of the virus.
- The Pines of Mount Lebanon
- 1 Resident and 1 Team Member Positive
- An agency staff member tested positive
- All owned team members are undergoing testing
- Full testing continues
- Newhaven Court at Clearview
- 32 Resident and 2 Team Members Positive
- 7 Residents have passed and our prayers are with their families
- Team members previously positive early on in the increase in cases have completed their quarantine and have returned to work
- Dining delivered to apartments and one-to-one activities are being conducted within resident apartments
- Red-zone isolation is in place with dedicated care to prevent further spread
- Virtual visits encouraged
- The Woods at Cedar Run
- 23 Residents and 7 Team Members Positive
- 4 Resident has passed away and our prayers are with their family
- Positive residents are quarantined in isolated Red Zone with a dedicated team
- As team members complete a 14-day quarantine they are welcomed back to work
- Dining delivered to apartments and one-to-one activities are being conducted within resident apartments
- Testing of Team and Residents continues
- Virtual visits encouraged
- Newhaven Court at Lindwood
- 9 Resident and 1 Team Members Positive
- Positive residents are quarantined in isolated Red Zone with a dedicated team
- Dining delivered to apartments and one-to-one activities are being conducted within resident apartments
- Testing of Team and Residents continues
- Virtual visits encouraged
For more information, please contact your Executive Operations Officer at your community. Stay Healthy!