Weekly Update December 9, 2022
December 9, 2022
To: Solheim Employees, Residents, Family Members and Stakeholders
From: Sam Oden, CEO of Solheim Senior Community
Our Holiday festivities continue, with a Festival of Lights in our Breezeway today, featuring ‘Old Fashioned Carolers’, a Hot Chocolate Bar, and SNOW! Although I know we have snow in our local mountains, our maintenance team creates a wonderful “White Christmas” experience right here on campus.
We will host a Covid-19 vaccine/booster clinic on 12/12 from 10 am – 2 pm in the Health Center activity room. If you are interested in receiving a vaccine or booster shot, please let your nurse know.
Christmas is just around the corner, and Solheim is pleased to invite up to 2 family members of our residents (2 family members per apartment) to a special Christmas Brunch at 12:30 pm on Thursday December 22nd for a cost of $28 per person. We’ll have festive holiday cocktails beginning at 11:30 am in our Navigage Room, with staggered brunch seating in 15-minute increments. Invitations have been sent out, and the deadline to RSVP is next Friday, December 16th. For more information you may reach out to Ashley Brayman at abrayman@solheimsenior.org or by phone at 323 257 7518 x 224.
Thank you to those who’ve been able to return your Resident Satisfaction Survey. Please note that our deadline to return your Resident Satisfaction Survey, if you have received one, is today, Friday December 9th. These surveys are a very important tool for Solheim to get a sense of how we are doing in the eyes of our residents. Your responses provide us with critical information that is necessary to fulfill our mission statement: “To provide abundant living for older adults in a caring faith-based community filled with love, peace, dignity, and security.”
Once a year, you can show your appreciation for our staff by making a monetary donation to our Employee Appreciation Fund, which will then be distributed equally among all staff. You may always offer kind words through our Solheim Feeling Employee Recognition nomination cards found at the front desk or nursing stations, or visit us online at www.solheimsenior.org/employee-recognition. These kind words mean the world to our staff! To make a monetary gift, visit www.solheimsenior.org/donate or contact Tina Antypas.
Visitation Guidelines have changed in our Health Center beginning 12/7. The following guidelines apply:
All visitors will be screened for a recent diagnosis of COVID-19, symptoms of COVID-19 infection, and close contact exposure.
On Wednesday 12/7, all visitors to our Health Center are required to provide proof of negative COVID-19 test within 24 hours of their visit. Solheim will provide rapid tests at the front desk during our visiting hours from 9am to 4:30pm.
Beginning 12/2, all employees in our Health Center must wear N95 respirators in all areas of the Health Center
We have no new residents or staff who have tested positive for COVID-19.
If you have any specific questions, please direct them to Tina Antypas at 323 257-7518 X225 or tantypas@solheimsenior.org.