Westbury Medical Care and Rehab

****UPDATE: FOUND! THANKS FOR SHARING!**** BOLO: 2017 Dodge Journey A vehicle similar to the one pictured was stolen from our parking lot early this morning. Please notify the City of Jackson Police Department if you know anything about the whereabouts of this vehicle! ... Please share to help one of our COVID unit nurses to find her vehicle. Ending your shift to find out your car was stolen is not how you want to end a long shift!

COVID-19 UPDATE We continue our commitment to keeping you informed regarding the COVID-19 status in the facility. Unfortunately, after over 4 months without any residents testing positive for COVID-19 and over 9 months since our initial outbreak, we had a resident test positive yesterday. All other residents in the building remain negative. The resident that tested positive is completely asymptomatic and has been moved to our dedicated COVID-19 unit with dedicated staffing. ... As Butts County’s positivity rating continues to fluctuate, we are prepared to treat our residents if we should have any additional positive COVID-19 Cases. Units are dedicated for COVID-19 positive residents and we have dedicated staff trained and prepared to care for these residents. We have PPE, testing, and other supplies in stock and ready for use. Effective today, we are stopping all outdoor and window visits until further notice. Our goal is to keep all residents in their rooms as much as possible while we continue to assess, monitor, and test residents and staff. We will re-evaluate visits next week and will continue to offer FaceTime, Phone Visits, and Video Chats. Should you have any questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to reach out to myself, Octeria Odom, Director of Nursing, or Laura Barber, ADON, Infection Preventionists. Please mask up, use good hand hygiene, and follow all social distancing guidelines. We appreciate your prayers, support, and kind words as our staff and residents are tired and growing weary continuing to fight this battle that keeps attacking the population we serve. Jennifer Vasil, RN, BSN, LNHA Administrator

#GETVACCINATED We are so thankful to celebrate the New Year with the COVID-19 Vaccine at Westbury! This year has been so challenging for us and this gives us hope for a great 2021! Thank you to Governor Kemp for making sure Long Term Care Facilities were first in line to receive the vaccine!... Governor Brian Kemp Georgia Health Care Association #carenotcovid #hope

12.6.2020 COVID-19 Weekly Update As we continue to be transparent in regards to the COVID-19 status at the facility, we are proud to announce that we do not have any additional resident or staff cases in the facility! We continue to follow all of the guidelines set forth by the CDC, DPH, and CMS. The facility is awaiting Butts County’s positivity rating for the week in hopes that we can start supervised indoor visitation this week. Please stay posted as we are in prayer that... these can start on 12/9/2020 by appointment only. Again, these visits are completely dependent upon the county positivity rating which we have no control over. As soon as we know our rating, we will post to the Facebook page and website so you can call to schedule an appointment. We must stay continue to vigilant in following the recommendations set forth to us by our governing authorities so we can keep our residents as safe as possible! Jennifer Vasil, RN, BSN, LNHA Administrator

Spreading that Christmas Joy with our residents. A perfect afternoon for a little hot chocolate and some dancing!

COVID-19 Update 12.29.2020 Westbury Medical Care and Rehab has committed to keep you informed throughout the course of the pandemic. Butts County’s positivity rating continues to be in the red range this week; therefore, our staff continue testing twice weekly. We had three care team members that tested positive over the last 24 hours. The facility continues to follow all the guidelines set forth by the CDC, CMS, DPH, and all other regulating/advising organizations For staff ...and residents that consented to receive the vaccine, the vaccine was administered today by CVS Pharmacy staff. We are hopeful and prayerful that this is the beginning of the end of this vicious virus! We will continue to offer outdoor visits (we have purchased patio style heaters for the visits), FaceTime Calls, Phone Calls, and Video Chats. Contact the Activities Department to set up these visits. Thank you for your continued patience and prayers as we battle this pandemic together! Jennifer Vasil, RN, BSN, LNHA Administrator

For nearly 10 months our staff and residents have fought a hard fight against COVID-19. We have watched people we love so much pass away from this vicious virus. Today is the day that we have all been waiting for... IT’S VACCINE DAY for our residents and staff! We are prayerful that this is the beginning of the end of COVID-19! #conquercovid #CareNotCOVID #GETVACCINATED Georgia Health Care Association

Westbury’s Festival of Trees, please like the tree you want to win the contest. Each department decorated a tree for this event. The residents are enjoying looking and admiring the creativity of each tree!

Today, Westbury kicked off the 1st day of December with canvas painting. The residents enjoyed painting their art out with a fork and created these cute Christmas trees!

Christmas is quickly approaching and we are asking for your help to "Stuff our Seniors Stockings". We are now accepting donations for stocking stuffers for our... seniors! The deadline to drop off items is Friday, December 18th by 4pm! Please see the attached flyer for detailed information or call our activities department if you have any questions! See more

On March 30, 2020, we began our COVID-19 fight with our first COVID-19 positive, tomorrow we continue our fight with the biggest punch yet... the VACCINE! The clinic is set up and our residents and staff that have consented to the vaccine will receive the vaccine tomorrow. If you haven’t consented and wish for you (staff) or your loved one (a resident) to have the vaccine, please contact the facility at 770-775-7832 and ask to speak with Laura Barber, Patricia Bowden, or Octeria Odom. This year has been TOUGH and our hope and prayer is that this vaccine will put an END TO COVID-19! #CareNotCOVID #ConquerCovid

Attention Staff: Don't forget to wear your Halloween costume to work tomorrow for a chance to win a cash prize and to participate in our reverse trick or treating with the residents! All staff that is dressed up and would like to participate, will be able to pass out candy door to door to the residents! We encourage you to dress up to bring some Halloween spirit, smiles, and laughs to our residents!

Our residents enjoyed Jack-O’-Lantern floats this afternoon as part of their Halloween week festivities! Our residents can’t wait for Friday for their Halloween party and reverse trick or treating with our staff members! Remember staff, wear your Halloween costume to work on Friday for a chance to win a prize!

10.27.2020 COVID-19 Weekly Update As we continue to be transparent in regards to the COVID-19 status at the facility, we have one new staff case to announce. All of the residents were retested yesterday and we will keep you informed of the results. We continue to follow all of the guidelines set forth by the CDC, DPH, and CMS. We are pleased to announce that Butts County’s positivity rate moved back into the YELLOW RANGE this week! This will allow us to move one step closer... to indoor visitation and will reduce our staff tests to once weekly! Thank you, Butts County!! As a reminder, we are continuing to offer outdoor visits. Please see the following guidelines for outdoor visits: 1. Contact the activities department during the hours 8AM-4P Monday through Friday to schedule your visits. 2. Visits will be offered Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday this week from 12P-4P. Visit days/times will change week to week depending on many factors. 3. Visits require twenty-four hours advance notice for scheduling and staffing purposes. 4. You will be required to wear a mask for the duration of your visit and remain six feet from the resident you are visiting. You will also be required to have your temperature checked and answer a series of questions related to COVID-19 prior to your outdoor visit. 5. Two visitors are allowed for each resident visit. No children 16 years of age or younger are allowed to visit. 6. Residents currently on the observation unit (under quarantine monitoring) will not be eligible for outdoor visits, but can have a window visit. Going forward, if your loved one is eligible for an outdoor visit, we will not allow window visits. Also, remember, we only accept perishable items on Monday through Friday from 8AM-4PM. No perishable items will be accepted on the weekends. As we continue to battle this pandemic together, we ask that you be patient with us as this is new to us and please follow the guidelines for visitation. We know the guidelines are strict, but again, we are doing everything to continue to keep our residents as safe and healthy as possible! Please contact us if you have any questions! Jennifer Vasil, RN, BSN, LNHA Administrator

Last week, we had our FIRST ANNUAL EMPLOYEE YEARS OF SERVICE PROGRAM! It was a wonderful event honoring our dedicated employees for their service to our residents. We honored 30 employees with greater than 15 years of service totaling over 800 years of service to our residents!!! We firmly believe that consistency in caregivers is essential for our residents so we honor our staff for their dedication! We have many family members that work together at Westbury. Two sisters have a combined 95 years of service and three sisters have a combined 92 years of service! Thank you to our amazing staff for your dedication and commitment to ensuring our residents receive top notch care!!

It was a fun filled employee appreciation week last week! A BIG thank you to Brightmoor Hospice and Chris Daniel and Associates for sponsoring our week for us! We had lots of special treats and Our Grand Prize Winner was Tammy Nolley. She won a 65 inch TV!!!

Our breast cancer awareness bake sale has been a hit with the residents and staff! Thank you to all staff members who contributed items for the bake sale, we appreciate your support! All proceeds from the bake sale will be donated to the Susan G. Koman foundation!

Our residents at Westbury have an important message for our community! We are asking Butts County to mask up for our residents so that they are able to see their families in person! #MaskUpGA

10.22.2020 COVID-19 Weekly Update As we continue to be transparent in regards to the COVID-19 status at the facility, we are proud to announce that we do not have any additional resident or staff cases in the facility! We continue to follow all of the guidelines set forth by the CDC, DPH, and CMS. Our staff continue to be tested twice weekly and Butts County’s positivity rate moved back into the RED RANGE this week. Guidelines have changed and we can continue outdoor visita...tion even though we are in the RED, but we are begging Butts County residents to take this virus seriously as we want our residents to be able to see their families indoors again soon! As a reminder, we are continuing to offer outdoor visits. Please see the following guidelines for outdoor visits: Contact the activities department during the hours 8AM-4P Monday through Friday to schedule your visits. Visits will be offered Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday this week from 12P-4P. Visit days/times will change week to week depending on many factors. Visits require twenty-four hours advance notice for scheduling and staffing purposes. You will be required to wear a mask for the duration of your visit and remain six feet from the resident you are visiting. You will also be required to have your temperature checked and answer a series of questions related to COVID-19 prior to your outdoor visit. Two visitors are allowed for each resident visit. No children 16 years of age or younger are allowed to visit. Residents currently on the observation unit (under quarantine monitoring) will not be eligible for outdoor visits, but can have a window visit. We opened our vending machines back up last week and residents are receiving money from their resident trust fund accounts if they wish to purchase snacks in the machines. We ask that you please do not bring snacks in large quantities to your loved one as the residents are now purchasing snacks as well and the resident rooms are becoming quite cluttered with food. Next week, we will explain our plan for visitation and meal drop off for the Thanksgiving holiday. As we continue to battle this pandemic together, we ask that you be patient with us as this is new to us and please follow the guidelines for visitation. We know the guidelines are strict, but again, we are doing everything to continue to keep our residents as safe and healthy as possible! Please contact us if you have any questions! Jennifer Vasil, RN, BSN, LNHA Administrator

The residents enjoyed Halloween dirt cups this afternoon! Our residents are getting in the spirit and enjoying all of the Halloween themed activities!

Staff, don't forget that Friday is our Breast Cancer Awareness Bake Sale! Please don't forget to sign up to bring an item for the bake sale at the time clock! All proceeds will be donated to the Susan G. Komen foundation! Also, don't forget to wear your pink on Friday in support of breast cancer awareness!

Yesterday our residents painted mini pumpkins in small groups! The residents enjoyed getting in the Halloween spirit as well as expressing their creativity and working on their fine motor skills!

10.12.2020 COVID-19 Update As we continue to be transparent in regards to the COVID-19 status at the facility, we have a staff member that tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. As a result of the staff member testing positive, all residents were tested today and all are negative for the COVID-19 virus! We continue to follow all of the guidelines set forth by the CDC, DPH, and CMS. We started outdoor visits today and will continue the visits for the coming weeks. ... Please contact us if you have any questions. Jennifer Vasil, RN, BSN, LNHA Administrator