Geer Nursing Indoor Visitation Procedure All visitation is by Appointment Only Effective February 16, 2021 Available Visitation Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 9:30am- 10am, 10am-10:30am, 3:15pm-3:45pm, 3:45pm-4:15pm Maximum Time for Visit is 30 Minutes to allow all residents an opportunity for visits. You must make a visitation appointment with Recreation Director, Jill Simmons. Please keep … Continue reading
February 11, 2021 To Our Residents and Family Members: We have received all testing results for both our residents and staff and are pleased to report that all our residents and staff have tested negative for a full 14-day period. Scheduled in person socially distanced visits can resume (see detail below). All staff and residents … Continue reading
The Lodge Indoor Visitation Procedure All Visitation is by Appointment Only, Weather Permitting Effective February 15, 2021 For Lodge Residents (independent, Assisted Living and Hillside) Available Visitation Hours: Tuesday – Thursday 1:00pm-3:30pm Friday 1:00pm-5:00pm Saturday 10:30am-1230pm Maximum Time for Visit is in 25-Minute Increments You must make a visitation appointment with Recreation Manager, Tina … Continue reading
January 14, 2021 To Our Residents and Family Members: We are happy to report that this week’s tests for residents and staff are all negative. This means that we can start to schedule in-person visits again. To schedule a visit, please contact Jill Simmons, Recreation Director at 860-824-3831 or jasimmons@geercares.org. All staff and residents remain … Continue reading
To Geer Nursing & Rehab Center, Residents and Family Members, We have no changes to our Covid-19 status to report this week but some updates and reminders to share with you. In last week’s letter we informed you of one Geer Nursing and Rehab resident that tested positive for COVID-19, at an appointment using a … Continue reading
December 12, 2020 To Our Staff, Residents and Family Members: We need to inform you of one Geer Nursing and Rehab resident that tested positive for COVID-19, at an appointment this week using a saliva PCR test, as the results were reported today. During our routine facility testing this week when a nasal PCR test … Continue reading
December 10, 2020 To Our Staff, Residents and Family Members: We need to inform you of one staff member that tested positive for Covid-19 at Geer Nursing and Rehab. The staff member was never on the resident units and tested positive after starting to quarantine following an exposure in the community. We are confident that this … Continue reading
Geer Covid-19 update 11/27/2020 We hope everyone had a safe, and healthy Thanksgiving holiday. Especially at this time of year, we are grateful that this week we have met the guidelines to be cleared of our Covid-19 Outbreak at the Lodge, according to the State of Connecticut epidemiologist. We have successfully tested negative for greater than 14 … Continue reading
November 23, 2020 Geer Campus Holiday Safety Update Hello Everyone, We want to share some helpful information that was given to us from the Connecticut Department of Public Health regarding information on what to consider as you make plans with your loved ones during this holiday season. We are also pleased to report that our … Continue reading
Visitation Policies We are still under direction from DPH to limit the number and location of visitors as well as enforce all infection control practices: GEER NURSING AND REHAB CENTER – We have set up areas in our dining room at Geer Nursing for visits that are isolated from the resident care areas. To assure … Continue reading
