Dear Families, Effective May 10, 2021 Essential Visitors: As of May 10, 2021, visiting hours for essential visitors are being extended from 11 am – 7 pm, seven days a week. We continue to limit these visits to one essential visitor per day. All visitors must continue...
Dear Families, Spring has sprung. As a result of the nicer weather, Actionmarguerite is proposing changes to visitation. Effective May 3, 2021: General Visitors: Starting on May 3, Outdoor visits will now become an option to general visitors in addition to the...
Shared Health Manitoba has issued a letter to families regarding exemptions to the Single Site Staffing Order : covid-19-single-site-exemption-letter.pdf (sharedhealthmb.ca)
Please be advised that as of the week of April 18, residents will be able to participate in mass, in a modified manner. The mass will continue to be celebrated in the solarium, but residents will be able to participate. In accordance with the Shared Health guidelines,...
We are happy to announce that the hair salon will be reopening on April 12. The hours of operation will be Monday to Wednesday, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tammy will initially limit her service to haircuts or wash/cuts/sets. Perms and colors will be reintroduced once...
The following is the final update on the COVID-19 resident outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins and the staff outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Joseph, 1149 Leila Avenue. The outbreak on 2DE and 3DE at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface is officially...
The following is update #14 on the current COVID-19 resident outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins. We will continue to support the post-recovery of the residents on 2DE and 3DE. We currently have NO new active cases or pending test results. The...
The following is update #13 on the current COVID-19 resident outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins. As of today, all the residents who tested positive for the COVID-19 virus have returned to their rooms and considered recovered in accordance to the...
The following is update #12 on the current COVID-19 resident outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins. We are saddened to announce the third (3rd) death of a resident. On behalf of the staff, we offer our prayers and condolences to the resident’s...
The following is update #11 on the current COVID-19 resident outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins. We are saddened to announce the 2nd death of a resident. Our hearts go out to the resident’s family, friends and care givers. Our deepest condolences...
The following is update #10 on the current COVID-19 resident outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins. Our total cases are now at 25. The total number of residents in the COVID-19 area is at eleven residents (11). One (1) resident is in hospital....
The following is update #9 on the current COVID-19 resident outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins. Our total cases are now at 25. Two additional residents from 3DE were transferred to the COVID-19 area today. The total number of residents in the...
The following is update #8 on the current COVID-19 resident outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins. Our total cases are now at 23. One additional resident from 3DE was transferred to the COVID-19 area during the evening of February 26th (after update...
This is an update to our February 26th 2021 communication declaring an outbreak on Unit 1 after a health worker tested positive for COVID-19. Out of extreme precaution, all residents on Unit 1 continue to remain in their rooms and are placed on precautions. All...
On February 25th 2021, a health-care worker at Actionmarguerite St. Joseph, 1149 Leila Ave, tested positive for COVID-19. The employee became symptomatic after their evening shift on February 23rd, 2021. This was the last day worked. An outbreak on Unit 1 was...
The following is update #7 on the current COVID-19 resident outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins. Our total cases are now at 22. The total number of residents in the Area 19 remains at nineteen active cases (19). Two residents (2) from 3DE received...
The following is update #6 on the current COVID-19 resident outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins. The total number of residents in the COVID AREA 19 remains at nineteen (19) active cases. Seventeen (17) are from 3DE and two (2) from 2DE. We remain...
The following is update #5 on the current COVID-19 resident outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins. The total number of residents in the COVID AREA 19 is now at nineteen active cases (19). Seventeen (17) are from 3DE and two (2) from 2DE. We remain...
The following is update #4 on the current COVID-19 resident outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins. The total number of residents in the COVID AREA 19 remains at eleven (11). Ten (10) are from 3DE and one (1) from 2DE. We had one death. We are...
The following is update #3 of the current COVID-19 resident outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins. The total is number of residents in the COVID AREA 19 is now up to eleven (11). Ten (10) are from 3DE and one (1) from 2DE. We sadly had one death....
The following is update #2 of the current COVID-19 resident outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins. We are sad to announce that we had our first resident death due to COVID-19. Our condolences to the resident’s family. The total is number of residents...
The following is an update since our last communication: All Essential Care Giver visits and Shelter Visits have been suspended until further notice. This applies to the entire Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins facility. Only at end of life will exceptions be...
Today we activated the COVID-19 cohort area and transferred four (4) residents who tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. To date, we have received confirmation of one (1) resident COVID-19 positive case on 2DE and three (3) resident cases on 3DE. There are a...
We became aware today, February 14th, of a health-care worker at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins St., who tested positive for COVID-19. Their last day worked was February 12nd, 2021. The person had worked days on 3DE. Out of precaution, an outbreak on...
Please note the following: There will be NO essential caregiver visits, Monday February 15th, 2021 due to the statutory holiday and availability of staff resources. Shelter visits will continue to be available as per the schedule. The second dose of the COVID-19...
We became today, February 6th, of an agency health-care worker at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins St., who tested positive for COVID-19. Their last day worked was February 2nd, 2021. The person had worked on 2DE. Out of precaution, an outbreak on 2DE...
It was confirmed late today that the Medical Officer of Health’s assessment of the resident who tested positive for COVID-19 was that the person was actually COVID recovered and not contagious. As a result, the outbreak status declared on Unit 2 at Actionmarguerite...
We became aware at 5 AM this morning, January 30th, 2021, of a newly admitted resident on Unit 2 at Actionmarguerite St. Joseph (1149 Leila) who tested positive for COVID-19. Since their admission, this person was in isolated in their own room. We are declaring an...
Over the next few days, Actionmarguerite’s clinical team will begin the Covid-19 immunization process for all its residents. Specific guidelines and process have been established by Public Health, Shared Health and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. A...
We became aware this morning that a health-care worker at Actionmarguerite St. Vital, 450 River Road, tested positive for COVID-19. Their last day worked was January 3rd. 2021. The person had worked evenings on the third floor. We have therefore declared an outbreak...
Happy New Year! We hope you all have been able to stay safe over the holidays. The COVID-19 positivity rate in the community is slowly declining, but it is still quite high. We all hope and pray that we do not experience a surge in numbers due to the holidays. ...
The following is the schedule for Essential Caregivers during Christmas and New Year at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins; at Actionmarguerite St. Vital, 450 River Road and at Actionmarguerite St. Joseph, 1149 Leila Ave. This schedule may change at any of the...
We became aware late day, December 9th 2020, of a health-care worker at Actionmarguerite St. Joseph, 1149 Leila Ave, who tested positive for COVID-19. The employee became symptomatic late day on December 7th 2020 and tested positive on December 9th, 2020. The...
NOTE – THIS IS AN UPDATE TO OUR DECEMBER 5TH 2020 POSTING. It is with great relief that, on the advice of the Medical Officer of Health, the Actionmarguerite St. Joseph resident outbreak is declared over. The outbreak was declared on December 5th 2020, after...
IMPORTANT – We are now declaring an outbreak on 2DE, 3DE, and 4DE related to a staff COVID-19 positive case. This memo replaces the December 6th 2020 memo internal memo to Families and Staff indicating the opposite. On the advice of Public Health, we are now...
We became aware at 1:30 PM today, December 5th 2020, of a resident on Unit 2 at Actionmarguerite St. Joseph, 1149 Leila, who received a COVID-19 positive test. We have declared an outbreak on Unit 2. We have isolated and placed ALL residents of Unit 2 on precautions,...
We became aware today, December 2nd 2020, of a health-care worker at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface, 185 Despins, who tested positive for COVID-19. The employee tested positive on December 2nd 2020 and has been self-isolating since November 30th. The employee worked...
Thank you for your patience, cooperation and words of encouragement over the last few weeks. Your support is important to us as we continue to make every effort to protect residents and staff from the COVID-19 virus. We know that we are all making important...
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...
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...
