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Find out more17 August 2022
Dear family member/resident representative,
Firstly I would like to thank you for your ongoing patience and support as we manage the COVID-19 outbreak at your loved one’s aged care centre.
Unfortunately since my last update to you we have been notified that our resident who was transferred to Westmead Hospital earlier this month sadly passed away at the weekend.
The resident, who was in her 80s, will be greatly missed by her friends and staff at IRT Berala on the Park.
On behalf of everyone at IRT, I would like to pass on my sincere condolences to the resident’s family and friends, and our residents and staff at Berala who are saddened by her passing.
As they always do when one of our residents passes away, staff will go about their work today caring for all our residents, and in quiet moments will reflect on what they knew of the resident, the connections they made with her, and her long life, well lived.
Test results
We continue to work with the local public health unit to ensure the care centre is managed in accordance with our outbreak management plan and this includes the ongoing regime of precautionary testing.
Results of tests conducted since my last update have disappointingly confirmed another positive case on Level 3. Pleasingly, however, all other PCR results were negative.
In other news, 14 residents who were previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have reached their full recovery criteria and are now free of the virus. We also expect a further six residents to reach their full recovery criteria today, pending a final review. This will bring the total number of residents with COVID-19 in the care centre to six. Five of these residents are on Level 3, and one resident is in the Dementia Secure Unit.
We continue to encourage all residents to remain in their rooms where they are being supported by staff with their care needs. The lifestyle team also remains available to assist where needed with phone and video calls.
To ensure we detect any other cases as soon as possible, all residents on Level 2 and Level 3 who have not already tested positive will be tested again tomorrow. Residents in other areas of the care centre do not have to be tested. The tests will be sent off site for analysis and we expect to receive the results within 24 hours. As previously explained if your loved one returns a positive result staff will contact you to let you know.
Visiting arrangements
Until we are certain there is no further risk of transmission of COVID-19 in the care centre you are encouraged to postpone your visit at this time, however if you do continue with your plans to visit please assist staff by complying with the arrangements outlined below.
Please do not visit your loved one if you are experiencing any symptoms or are feeling unwell, even if the symptoms are mild. Even if you have a negative COVID-19 test result you may still have influenza or another contagious virus.
Please pass this message on to others as you consider appropriate and if you have any questions please contact your Care Manager.
Yours sincerely
Nia Briguglio
EGM – Aged Care Centres
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