village-belmar

Dear Village at Belmar Community,

We are providing notice that a staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. This staff member was fully vaccinated making this a breakthrough case of COVID-19.  They are currently isolated in their home and resting comfortably.  We are in the process of conducting contact tracing and will take appropriate steps with anyone who falls within the follow-up guidelines.  This staff member did not have direct resident contact prior to testing positive.

We have now had two Independent Living Flats residents and our first staff member who have tested positive for COVID-19 within the past week, making it now necessary to revise some of our current protocols within the community.  These changes will be effective immediately and will be in effect until further notice:

• All residents and staff members will be tested by end of day Tuesday, August 3^rd.
• All Indoor Visitation is suspended until further notice.  
• All visits will need to take place outdoors.  If your loved one needs staff assistance to participate in an outdoor visit, please call the concierge at (303) 351-5455 to make arrangements for staff assistance.
• All residents and staff members will need to wear a mask at all times when inside the community
• Dining room service in Assisted Living and Memory Care will be discontinued until further notice.  Meal delivery will resume, and menu selections will be made during delivery of each meal, for the following meal.
• Assisted Living and Memory Care group activities will be suspended until further notice
• Bistro service will continue on a “to-go” basis with masking and social distancing.
• Service in the Independent Living dining room will be discontinued until further notice.  We will resume meal delivery while the dining room is closed.  Please call the concierge desk at (303) 351-5455 to place all food delivery orders. 
• All Independent Living indoor life enrichment programs will be discontinued until further notice.  Outdoor programming will continue with appropriate social distancing.  

As always, we continue to be in close communication with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and Jefferson County Health Department and are following their guidelines, direction and protocols around COVID-19.

Thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation.  We understand how terrible frustrating it is to lose the ability to visit your loved ones indoors, and we hope that with extreme diligence these changes can be short lived and that we can back to normal operations in short order.

We urge all residents to continue to limit contact with any individuals, groups, or large crowds, of those who have not received their full COVID-19 vaccine.

If you have any further questions, please reach out to Village at Belmar’s Executive Director, Rebecca Norris, at (303) 351-5455.

Sincerely,

Tom & Susie Finley – Founder & Principal

Due to increasing concern around the spread of the highly infectious Delta Variant and In accordance with Ascent Living’s duty to provide and maintain a workplace that is free of known hazards, Ascent Living Communities is implementing a mandatory vaccination policy that requires the COVID-19 vaccination for all staff members.  Ascent adopted this policy to safeguard the health of our associates and their families, our residents and their families, our visitors and the community at large from COVID-19. 

In making this decision, the Ascent ownership and leadership team reviewed guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), local health officials, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  This policy is intended to comply with all applicable laws.

More information about COVID-19 vaccines and the safety and efficacy of the vaccines is available and frequently updated on the CDC’s website at: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/ and on the CDPHE’s website at: https://covid19.colorado.gov/vaccine.

Dear Village at Belmar Community,

We are providing notice that another resident having prolonged close contact with the initial identified resident in the Independent Living Flats, has tested positive for COVID-19. This resident is isolating in their Flat, and we remain in close contact with both the resident and family.  The resident was fully vaccinated making this a breakthrough case of COVID-19.  We are in the process of conducting contact tracing and will take appropriate steps with anyone who falls within the follow-up guidelines.  This resident did not participate in Village at Belmar activities in the days prior to feeling ill.

Since this is our second identified case of COVID-19 in our Independent Living Flats this week, we feel it is necessary that we temporarily discontinue service in the Independent Living dining room, as well as temporarily cancel all indoor Life Enrichment programs.  We will resume meal delivery while the dining room is closed.  Please call the concierge desk at 303-351-5455 to place all food delivery orders.  Revised information will be sent out by Monday, August 2^nd regarding all Life Enrichment program changes, along with a copy of the current menu for next week.

As always, we continue to be in close communication with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and Jefferson County Health Department and are following their guidelines, direction and protocols around COVID-19.

We urge all residents to continue to limit contact with any individuals, groups, or large crowds, of those who have not received their full COVID-19 vaccine.

If you have any further questions, please reach out to Village at Belmar’s Executive Director, Rebecca Norris, at (303) 351-5455.

Sincerely,

Tom & Susie Finley – Founder & Principal

Dear Village at Belmar Community,

We are providing notice that a resident in the Independent Living Flats has tested positive for COVID-19. This resident is currently in the hospital, and we are all hoping for a speedy recovery. The resident was fully vaccinated making this a breakthrough case of COVID-19. We are in the process of conducting contact tracing and will take appropriate steps with anyone who falls within the follow-up guidelines. This resident did not participate in Village at Belmar activities in the days prior to feeling ill.

Since this resident was residing primarily in their Independent Living apartment and not participating in Village at Belmar activities, we will not make any changes to dining, activities, visitation or testing at this time.  

As always, we continue to be in close communication with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and Jefferson County Health Department and are following their guidelines, direction and protocols around COVID-19.

We urge all residents to continue to limit contact with any individuals, groups, or large crowds, of those who have not received their full COVID-19 vaccine.

If you have any further questions, please reach out to Village at Belmar’s Executive Director, Rebecca Norris, at (303) 351-5455.

Sincerely,

Tom & Susie Finley – Founder and Principal