Weekly Update August 27, 2021
August 27, 2021
To: Solheim Employees, Residents, Family Members and Stakeholders
From: Sam Oden, CEO of Solheim Senior Community
We are looking forward to sharing the many exterior renovations that we have completed here at Solheim with our residents and guests tomorrow at our “Happy Hour Social”! It promises to be a beautiful day! Thank you to those who have RSVP’d – I know that I speak for myself and the numerous other members of Solheim’s Leadership Team who are also planning to attend when I say that we look forward to seeing all of you!
I’m also excited to announce that we have another exciting event coming up in just a few weeks: On Saturday, October 16th, from 7-9pm, we will be hosting a “Solheim Soiree” – A virtual “Paint and Sip” Fundraiser! This will be a combination art lesson and wine tasting, led by Pinot’s Palette of Pasadena. Participants can participate in a painting lesson led by a professional artist while sipping wine in the comfort of their own home (and they will also have the ability to upgrade their registration, to include a gift basket with a premier bottle of wine, as well as other goodies…) We hope you’ll consider supporting Solheim and its mission by being a sponsor or underwriter, or simply by joining us on the day of the event! For more information, please visit www.solheimsenior.org/paint-n-sip or email tantypas@solheimsenior.org.
On another note, our Director of Human Resources, Cindee Edrosa, is leaving us on Tuesday, August 31st, to pursue other opportunities. We wish her the best in all of her future endeavors, and we thank her for her service to Solheim throughout the past year. We are looking to fill this position as soon as possible.
As we’ve mentioned earlier, please note we continue in our protocol for visitations that went into effect last week: For visitations throughout campus—from our Health Center, to our Residential and Assisted Living Campus, to our Halvorson Memory Care Neighborhood—in accordance with new guidance just provided by our regulatory agencies we will now require either proof of vaccination, or proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of the visitation. (We have rapid testing available on site, Monday through Friday, during business hours for unvaccinated visitors who have not been able to obtain a test within the previous 72 hours. Rapid testing returns results within approximately 15 minutes and there is a fee for this service.)
We also still ask for your continued partnership, diligence, and patience in continuing to follow all of these important rules, until further notice:
Visitors must show proof of vaccination, or a negative COVID-19 test dated within the last 72 hours
Our recommended visitation hours are 10am – 4pm daily, however if you are visiting outside regular business hours, please know you will be entering our campus through our Health Center doors;
All visitors must still continue to check in when they arrive on campus (including temperature and screening questions) and sign our COVID-19 waiver;
We ask that all visitors wear masks and practice social distancing;
All residents, regardless of vaccination status, may have “in-room” visits;
Any personal “in-room” visits in our Health Center should be scheduled in common areas, or when the roommate is out of the room; and
We still continue to encourage outdoor visits or visits in our common areas as much as possible.
As of today’s writing, I am very happy to report that we have no new confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 anywhere on campus.
If you have any specific questions, please direct them to Tina Antypas at 323 257-7518 X225 or tantypas@solheimsenior.org.