We became aware today, November 20th, of a health-care worker at Actionmarguerite St. Vital, 450 River Road, tested positive for COVID-19. Their last day worked was November 17th, 2020. The person had worked days on the second and third floors. We have therefore...
The Provincial Public Health orders are asking people to limit their contacts to stop the spread of COVID-19. We decided to do the same. Given the number of COVID-19 outbreaks in personal care homes, the daily active cases and the test positivity rate (14%), all...
The following is an update on Actionmarguerite’s current outbreak status and preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 Outbreaks: The following outbreaks are being contained and managed: St. Boniface located at 185 Despins has 1 staff confirmed case on...
We became aware today, November 7th, of a health-care worker at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins St., who tested positive for COVID-19. Their last day worked was November 4th, 2020. The person had worked on 3DE. An outbreak on 3DE was declared on...
We became aware this morning, November 3rd, of a health-care worker at Actionmarguerite St. Vital, 450 River Road, who tested positive for COVID-19. Their last day worked was October 29, 2020. The person had worked on 3rd floor. Out of precaution, an outbreak on...
We became this afternoon, November 2nd, of a health-care worker at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins St., who tested positive for COVID-19. Their last day worked was October 30th, 2020. The person had worked on 2ABC. Out of precaution, an outbreak on...
We became aware early this afternoon, October 23th, of a health-care worker at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins St., who tested positive for COVID-19. Their last day worked was Sunday, October 18th, 2020. The person had worked on 3DE. Out of...
On October 15th 2020, the Chief Provincial Public Health Officer declared that Licensed Personal Care Homes in the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region are being elevated to the RED (CRITICAL) Level of the Province’s Pandemic Response System...
We became aware late yesterday evening of a health-care worker at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins St., who tested positive for COVID-19. Their last day worked was September 30th 2020. The person had worked on 3ABC. Out of precaution, an outbreak on 3ABC has...
There will be no Essential Care Giver or other visits on the Thanksgiving Long Weekend, including Monday October 12th (except for end of life situations). We simply do not have the staff available to ensure proper screening of all visitors. Families are STRONGLY...
Effective tomorrow, scheduled outdoor and indoor visits will be suspended at all three of our personal care homes. The three PCHs are: Actionmarguerite Saint-Boniface, 185 Despins, Actionmarguerite Saint-Vital, 450 River Road, Actionmarguerite St. Joseph, 1149 Leila....
We understand that the news earlier this week of an agency staff person testing positive on September 11th 2020 has caused some anxiety, stress and concern. Our staff responded quickly and implemented all precautionary measures out of abundance of caution. Although...
We became aware this afternoon of an agency health-care worker at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins St. who has tested positive for COVID-19. Their last day worked was September 10th 2020. The person had worked on our Special Needs Behavioural Unit (5C)....
Please be advised that, due to the holiday, essential care giver in-room visits will not be available on Monday, September 7, 2020 (Labour Day Weekend). We do not have sufficient staff or resources to ensure the proper screening and the safety of residents, staff and...
On July 27th, 2020 we established in-room visitation guidelines following the Public Health recommendation related to visits to personal care homes. We were to review these guidelines after the first two weeks. Thank you to all designated essential care givers for...
WELCOME BACK – WEAR YOUR MASK! The Manitoba Government announced their Phase 4 Plan for safely restoring services during the COVID-19 pandemic and eased some of the limitations to indoor visits in personal care homes. Effective 11am, July 27, 2020, a maximum of two...
Dear Families; The Government of Manitoba confirmed today its Phase 4 – Plan. It allows essential care givers (families or friends) to visit inside personal care homes. I invite you to read the government communication:...
Dear Families; We learned today that the Government of Manitoba communicated through its web site its Phase 4 – Draft Plan on restoring services during the ongoing pandemic, effective July 25, 2020. Phase 4 includes a section on visitation in personal care homes and...
We thank residents, families and friends for their continued patience and collaboration during the pandemic as we continue to care for the residents and ensure that residents and staff remain safe. Indoor Visitation Effective July 2 2020, Actionmarguerite will be...
Dear Families; We are pleased to share with you our Spring / Summer Bulletin. This bulletin is intended for the residents, day center participants, staff, families and volunteers of our homes. It serves to inform people and provide a snap shot in the life of our...
We are pleased to advise residents and families that we will be expanding our visitation program during the pandemic to include outdoor visits. Starting June 1 2020, outdoor visits will be introduced as an option to communicate with your resident family member. We...
This week we are celebrating the success, the compassion and the dedication of all our health workers in the fight against the pandemic. Due to the generous donations from our families to the COVID-19 Employee Recognition Fund, we provided all our staff with a...
Dear Families; This is to update families that Actionmarguerite is in compliance with the May 1, 2020 Provincial Health Order that required us to move to a single employer model. Staff can only work in one personal care home. This has and will have an impact on our...
This update is to inform families that all Actionmarguerite sites will be implementing the Single Employer model for personal care homes as directed by the Provincial Public Health Authorities. We received this province-wide direction on April 27, 2020, with an...
We have had to learn how to implement virtual visits with families due to the current situation we are all in and the family and visitor restrictions still in effect. Our staff and families had to learn how to use the technology, determine the applications that work...
We continue to ensure as much as possible that we relay information to families on how we are managing the current situation to ensure the safety of residents and staff at each of our personal care homes and supportive housing apartments. It will have been 14 days...
For Christians, Easter is a special time of celebration. These celebrations often include gatherings and dinners involving extended family and friends. In keeping with Social Distancing practice, we asked our staff to limit celebratory dinners and gatherings to only...
How to Thank a Caregiver during this COVID-19 crisis We have received such incredible offers of support from families and community members; your generosity is heartwarming at this difficult time. While your offers of baked goods, coffee and other beautiful gifts are...
To Residents, Families and Staff of Actionmarguerite St. Vital, 450 River Road I had hoped to provide an update within 24 hours of my last communication on April 2, 2020. We regret that some families and staff may have learned via news media of a staff person being...
To Residents, Staff and Families of Actionmarguerite St-Vital We became aware this afternoon of a health-care worker at Actionmarguerite St-Vital, 450 River Road has tested positive for COVID-19. The last day work was March 30th 2020. Note that the health-care...
These past two weeks were not normal for anyone. I must however recognize the hard work, dedication and commitment of so many in ensuring that we are doing everything we can to ensure the safety of residents and staff. We thank our residents and their families for...
Starting April 1, we will be setting up a schedule to facilitate virtual visits between residents and loved ones. All you need to do is send an email to info@actionmarguerite.ca and provide your name and phone number, the resident name and unit, as well as the...
We want to thank all of you for your support and encouragement as we continue to protect the residents that live in our personal care homes, the tenants living in supportive housing and the staff who continue to be critical to our success. This last week has been...
IMPORTANT NOTICE—ACCESS AND VISITATION RESTICTIONS TO PERSONAL CARE HOMES The safety of residents and staff is critical to our success in preventing the COVID-19 virus. The public authorities have ordered that access and visitation restrictions be placed on long term...
IMPORTANT NOTICE—VISITING HOURS AND ENTRY BY ALL PERSONS Manitoba Public Health is strongly discouraging the public from visiting any Health Care Facility, including Long Term Care Facilities. See attached covid-19-visitor-restrictions We appreciate your...
Please be advised that we have cancelled masses and large group activities until further notice in order to ensure social distancing, especially with the public. Know that we continue to implement all infection control measures to ensure resident wellbeing. We are...
In January 2018, Gisèle Ayotte, a resident of Actionmarguerite St. Vital, asked our Spiritual Care provider to assist her in writing a thank you note to staff as her ability to speak were diminishing. The resident passed on January 4th, 2020, and, with the permission...
Christmas is all about family How do we celebrate Christmas when our loved ones are residents at Actionmarguerite? How does it change family traditions? The Morin family, whose parents Léo and Yvette have lived at Actionmarguerite St. Vital for the past three years,...
The residents, families, staff and management team of Actionmarguerite St. Joseph’s would like to offer a sincere thank you to the family committee for its generous contributions to the unit Christmas parties, the gifts that were offered to the residents as well as...
The site now includes updated information on our organization as well as our new sister organization, St. Joseph. The site is also friendly to tablets and smart phones. We will be posting regular updates on events, activities and news. We invite you to subscribe for...
The Cherry Blossom theme posters were started at Victoria Hospital in Winnipeg to create awareness for visitors and staff toward patients who were in their final journey of life. In the areas where Cherry Blossom posters were displayed, staff and visitors in the...
