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lot. We have a lot more pieces and
parts and policies in place so now we
know, if we have a COVID positive
resident, it’s not, like, ‘Oh my gosh,’
we’ve got to start from square one.
We have our processes and protocols
in place where we can easily jump in
and handle them and it’s just another
day for us.”
With the shifting in strains of the
virus, Cornish said, symptoms have
been less severe.
A sign at the front door greeting
visitors reports that the date that the
last time a resident and/or a staff
member tested positive.
“We like to be transparent and put
that information out there,” she said.
“We’re always going to have some
cases pop up. That was a requirement
to post throughout the pandemic and
we’ve continued that because for
some people, it’s peace of mind.”
The policy also includes informing
visitors that if there is a person with
COVID in a specific “neighborhood”
in the facility, that neighborhood
would be marked.“We would ask anyone going
through that neighborhood to wear a
mask,” she said, “and residents are
encouraged to wear a mask as well
and that’s during our outbreak testing
period.”
Aside from planning the open
house, Cornish, is planning some
potential new service opportunities at
the facility.
At the open house, the public can
get more information about employ-
ment opportunities.
“We are always hiring for nurses
and nurse aides,” she said. “And we
occasionally have some other open-ings between house keeping, culi-
nary, laundry. It varies but always
hiring for nursing staff.”
The facility is also looking for
more volunteers since maybe of their
former volunteers have either aged
out and stopped doing so due to the
pandemic.
“Pre-pandemic, we had a huge vol-
unteer program,” she said. “And, that
has really dwindled because there
was a period that all we could do
was virtual volunteering and that was
visiting with a resident on an iPad.
It was better than nothing and some
residents enjoyed that. It was better
for them and more enjoyable than
maybe sitting in the room talking.”
CCMCF handles its own end-of-
life care in lieu of Hospice, she said,
adding that long term care ombuds-
man Kelly Yonker will also be on
hand.
“And, our adult day care will still
have tours going through there and
some of their vendors,” she said,
“just showing that it’s not all pri-
vate pay, there are funding sources
you can attend adult day care with.
While it’s not covered by insurance,
we have Senior Millage, CareWell
Services, the VA, assistance pro-
grams and our therapy team will be
in the gym showing the community
what they do in therapy.”
Of the 120 beds at CCMCF, owned
and operated by Calhoun County, 88
are in private rooms and 16 are in
semi-private rooms. It’s located at
1150 East Michigan Avenue, Battle
Creek.
For more information, log onto
ccmcf.com.REINTRODUCE
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