COVID-19 Family & Visitor Bulletin: Virtual Visits & Therapeutic Recreation

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OUR RESPONSE TO THE CORONA VIRUS: ​ COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS AT BSF Our residents are at higher risk of serious illness from exposure to COVID-19 and respiratory illnesses. You can help us protect everyone living, working or visiting at our Manors by preventing any potential spread of COVID-19 and other illnesses. This special bulletin is designed to assure residents, families and visitors to our Manors that The Brenda Strafford Foundation (BSF) is taking all reasonable precautions to prevent the occurrence or spread of COVID-19 in our sites. As seniors living in continuing care communities are a population that is at higher risk, and out of an abundance of precaution, BSF is taking extra Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures within our sites that are considered over and above the current guidelines for the general public in Alberta at this time. Special Bulletin: March 18, 2020 Download Bulletin PDF
COVID-19 Family & Visitor Bulletin: Virtual Visits & Therapeutic Recreation

‘Virtual Visits’ with Your Loved Ones

While we are currently focused on enhanced health and safety measures, we continue to be guided by our core value ‘People First.’ People are always at the centre of everything we do.

BSF is always committed to ensuring a safe and comfortable environment for our residents, families, employees and all visitors to our Manors. This is especially important now during the heightened risk of COVID-19. We are doing everything we can to ensure the health, safety and peace of mind for all those living and working at our Manors. At this time, unfortunately, that means restricting all non-essential visitors into our sites.

But we also know how important it is for you to stay connected with your loved ones, especially during these challenging and stressful times. That is why we are using technology to help you to keep in touch.

  • Extra iPads are now available at all of our Manors.
  • For help facilitating a ‘Virtual Visit’ using video-conferencing technology such as Skype, Zoom or FaceTime, please contact the Recreation Department at your Manor to make arrangements:
    • Bow View Manor Recreation: 403.444.7202
    • Clifton Manor Recreation: 587.952.6038
    • Tudor Manor Recreation: 403.995.6811                    
    • Wentworth Manor Recreation: 403.686.8607

Optimizing Well-being and Enriching Lives

Social distancing doesn’t mean isolation. While we are taking these necessary and proactive measures to safeguard the health of our residents and employees, we are also taking extra measures to ensure we continue to fulfill our mission to optimize well-being and enrich people’s lives.

We are modifying our Therapeutic Recreation activities to continue to engage residents in different ways, while keeping ‘social distancing’ and enhanced Infection Prevention and Control measures front of mind.

Examples include:

  • Pop-up recreation programming is keeping our activities on the neighbourhoods (instead of in larger activity rooms) and ensuring activities are facilitated in small groups.
  • We are limiting the equipment used in our small group programming to lessen the potential for contact of shared high-touch surfaces. For small group or individual activities, equipment that is used is frequently sanitized between use (such as our goggles and devices that are used for Virtual Reality).
  • Ensuring there is still a mixture of physical and fitness programs to keep residents moving, and cognitive programs such as trivia games that keep residents mentally stimulated and engaged.
  • Our team members are spending quality time with residents during 1:1 individual visits.