March 8, 2021 Dear Families, It looks like we will see an early burst of spring this week. Our goal is to get everyone some fresh air and sunshine this week! As you well know, this week marks one year that every nursing home in our state was required to impose visitor restrictions to do… Continue Reading Continue reading
February 22, 2021 Dear Families, As you know by now, our staff and residents have completed two COVID-19 vaccination clinics, with the majority of our eligible staff and residents now having received at least one dose. The third and final clinic was last week. We are very excited that our residents and staff… Continue Reading Continue reading
February 8, 2020 Dear Families, As always, we hope this letter finds you safe and healthy as we begin the New Year! All of our staff have negative last week. Residents were not tested last week as we are no longer in an outbreak. We are very excited that our residents and staff have had… Continue Reading Continue reading
February 1, 2021 Dear Families, As always, we hope this letter finds you safe and healthy as we begin the New Year! I am happy to say that we can start doing indoor visits again. Please call Kathy or Rachel in recreation to set up your appointment. Please call at 860-583-8483. I will also be… Continue Reading Continue reading
January 19, 2020 Dear Families, As always, we hope this letter finds you safe and healthy as we begin the New Year! Unfortunately, on Friday we had one staff member test positive. All other staff and residents continue to test negative. All staff get tested twice a week. Athena has purchased an ICLEANSE ultraviolet machine.… Continue Reading Continue reading
Dear Friends and families, We continue to test our residents weekly and the staff twice a week Last week everyone came back Negative. Please read the attachment for information on the vaccine. We will have our call tomorrow 1/12/21 at 4 pm. Thank you and I will keep you updated on future… Continue Reading Continue reading
January 4, 2021 Dear Families, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found a COVID-19 vaccine to be safe and effective, and our facility will be able to give the vaccine to residents. This is very encouraging news. We will begin giving the 2nd vaccine to our residents and staff on 1/12/21. We believe… Continue Reading Continue reading
https://athenahealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Pfizer-BioNTech-COVID-19-Vaccine-EUA-Fact-Sheet-for-HCP_0.pdf December 14, 2020 Dear Families, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found a COVID-19 vaccine to be safe and effective, and our facility will be able to give the vaccine to residents. This is very encouraging news. We will begin giving the vaccine to residents on 12-22-20. However, we are required… Continue Reading Continue reading
https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/hartford/bristol-nursing-home-starts-holiday-pen-pal-program-to-spread-cheer-to-residents/amp/ BRISTOL, Conn. (WTNH) — A nursing home in Bristol is making the holidays extra special for residents. The team at Countryside Manor of Bristol started a Christmas Pen Pals program, hoping to spread some cheer this year. “We went around to the residents and explained to them the idea and asked them if… Continue Reading Continue reading
Christmas Pen Pals: Bristol Nursing Home Accepting Letters For Residents Will you be my Christmas pen pal? It’s a small request that’s had a big response. “You can tell that when the residents open up one of the letters, they get so happy. You can see that they’re reminded that people out there still care… Continue Reading Continue reading
