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We would like to reach out to and connect with all families of our residents and neighbors here in the Fairview Haven community. Hopefully, you are staying up to date through our many phone calls and blog/Facebook posts on what is happening at Fairview Haven during this difficult time.
The Fairview Haven COVID-19 task force would like to hear from you and answer any questions you may have. You can communicate with the task force through our dedicated email address at [email protected] at anytime. We will also be hosting a town hall GOTO Meeting for our families this coming Thursday, April 30 at 7:00 pm. Please email [email protected] if you would like to participate in this town hall and we will send you the link to join.
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A huge thank you to whoever sent us flowers today!! You brightened our day!  Thankful to be able to have distanced patio visits!  With nicer weather approaching, we would like to make the option of patio visits available for our residents and their families. Unfortunately we are still under lockdown by CMS and so in order to facilitate patio visits we will need you to follow strict guidelines. 1) no more than ONE household may visit a resident during a scheduled visit. 2) visitors shall stay behind the gate at the dining room courtyard and resident must stay behind the painted line on the sidewalk to provide for adequate social distancing. 3) Resident must wear a mask during the visit. 4) A Fairview Haven team member must be aware of the visit and ensure that all protocols are properly followed.
If you would like to arrange a patio visit, please contact our Life Enrichment (Activities) department at 815-692-2572 or email [email protected]. This is a great opportunity to stop by and say hi to your loved one – family or friends are welcome, but again only ONE household at a time, please! Kudos to our team member, Hayley Vedder, who is saving our ears by making us crocheted Mask Mates! Thanks, Hayley, we really appreciate it! Humor helps us get through the long days ... Hope you enjoy! This happened tonight. Thanks to all the thoughtful people who created a parade! You brightened our evening! I thought it might be helpful to share steps you can take to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. If you follow IDPH, CDC, CMS or any other healthcare government agency on Facebook, then likely you have seen these tips hundreds of times in the past month. Nonetheless, it never hurts to be reminded.
The first step in preventing the spread of Coronavirus is really a no brainer that we should be doing anyway to prevent other forms of sickness. WASH YOUR HANDS. How many times have you heard that in the last month? Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds (that’s the “alphabet song” or one verse of “Happy Birthday”). It is especially important to wash your hands after blowing your nose, coughing, sneezing, going to the bathroom, before and after eating or preparing foods and when returning home from somewhere. Hand sanitizer can be used when you don’t have soap and water available to you. Step two sounds so easy, yet it is one of the most difficult steps for me! Don’t touch your face – stop rubbing your eyes (get more sleep!), wiping your nose, and stop biting those nails! If I understand COVID-19 correctly (which I am not sure anyone does), the quickest way to contract it is to get it on our hands and then rub it into an opening on our face. When you go out into public, CDC is now recommending that you wear a facemask. It is not appropriate to wear medical facemasks, or N95 masks as healthcare professionals need those for outbreaks. There are lots of suggestions how to create cloth masks on the internet. Just make sure the material is tightly woven. Our research says that a dishcloth gives the best protection, but CDC says a piece of cotton works just fine. I would use a couple layers for good protection. So, all of you trend setters out there, wear a mask! Right now (though I haven’t been there since the beginning of March), if you go to Dave’s you won’t see a lot of people wearing masks yet. Let’s make it the COOL thing to do! Lastly – STAY HOME! Now, let me tell you, I am an introvert and the thought of a shelter-in-place order actually brought a little excitement to me. I must confess though, I’m a little sick of it! I’m ready to go to church again. I’m ready to go out to eat with my wife again, or make my weekly (who am I kidding, daily!) trip to Ace Hardware. I think, honestly, we are all getting a little sick of staying home, but it is important to keep this virus under control. FAIRVIEW HAVEN PROTOCOL: I would like to remind everyone that Fairview Haven is on a mandatory lockdown implemented by CMS on March 13, 2020. This unfortunately means that, unless absolutely necessary, residents are not allowed to leave Fairview Haven and visitors are not allowed into Fairview Haven. As the weather is improving and spring is here, it is very difficult for our residents to stay indoors (and for us to keep them indoors)! Therefore, residents are able to go outside in the courtyards at Fairview Haven and Serenity Villa. Residents are not able to be on the front patio at this time. PLEASE do not use this nice weather to try and meet up with residents at Fairview Haven. Continue to communicate with your loved ones via phone calls, FaceTime, Skype, window visits and other creative ways. We are in the process of creating a way to do patio visits in the near future, but not at this time. Residents are allowed to venture away from the courtyard if they are accompanied by a team member who will ensure they maintain a safe distance from people in the community. We would also like to address concerns that have recently been expressed by different people. How are we ensuring that team members are safe to be inside Fairview Haven? Naturally, we can’t guarantee that our team members are following all the guidelines we give them, but here are the guidelines we suggest. Starting on March 11, per CDC guidelines, our team members have been required to be screened upon entering Fairview Haven. Nobody with a temperature is allowed to work. If anyone has symptoms of COVID-19, they will be sent home and asked to consult their physician. We have strongly encouraged our team members to shelter-in-place per the Governor of Illinois' instructions. We understand that we can’t control what our team members do on their personal time, but trust they are taking this seriously and protecting themselves in order to protect your loved ones. -Dave Blunier, Administrator Today we sang Easter hymns. We miss all our family and friends and wish you Good Friday and Easter blessings! More masks going out .. to Heritage Manor, Dwight; healthcare staff at Pontiac Correctional Center; Gibson Annex; Futures Unlimited... To date, we have arranged distribution of 886 masks from our amazing volunteer sewers. This number does not include the many masks made for use of the Fairview Haven family. We are so blessed! #wereallinthistogether  The neighbors at Serenity Villa have been busy posting messages of love on their windows. We had some special visitors this afternoon. We so much enjoyed watching these young people and their horses. Thanks to our team member, Megan Ifft, for thinking of us!! A peek inside the Fairview Haven community ... Today some board members grilled chicken breasts and FVH provided lunch for our team. We had a socially distanced hymn singing. (It's hard to breathe when you're wearing a mask!) The singing was followed by intercom Bingo and Reminisce with Rick. And we are so thankful to see the sun! Rosetta B. Stoller, 94, Fairbury and formerly of Forrest, died at 4:34 pm Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury.
Private family services will be held with interment in the North Apostolic Christian Cemetery, Forrest. The family suggests memorial be given to the Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury. Mrs. Stoller was born on November 24, 1925 in Rockville, CT the daughter of Ernest and Matilda Wanner Gerber. She married Elmer E. Stoller on November 27, 1949 in Rockville, CT. He preceded her in death on July 30, 2018. Survivors include her children, Greg (Jill) Stoller, Forrest, John (Patricia) Stoller, Leo, IN, Peggy (Terry) Young, Keizer, OR, Stanley (Debora) Stoller, Bloomington, Randall (Ronda) Stoller, Fairbury, 22 grandchildren, 87 great grandchildren, 5 great great grandchildren, one sister, Betty Enserink, Escondido, CA and one brother, Melvin (Millie) Gerber, Ellington, CT. She is preceded in death by three brothers, one sister, one granddaughter, and one great grandson. Mrs. Stoller was a member of the Apostolic Christian Faith Church, Roberts. |
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