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COVID-19 updates are happening daily

1st June

Dear Shalem Residents and families,
Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw has outlined enhanced restrictions with regard to Senior Housing.

These are the guidelines currently in place:

The intent of this guidance is to protect the health and safety of residents and staff in Seniors facilities.

• Essential Visitors Only remains in effect. Essential Visitors are defined as those providing care necessary for the well-being of the Resident.
• Children under the age of 18 are not permitted to enter Shalem.
• Shalem Haven doors are closed in the linked hallway, only to be accessed by Haven residents and Essential Visitors.
• All Haven Residents must stay on the facility’s property, except in the case of necessity (eg. walking, groceries, pharmacy) or exceptions such as medical appointments, while observing physical and social distancing requirements.
• We encourage Shalem Court and Manor Residents to also limit outings for the well-being of all Shalem.
• All Staff, Haven Residents and Essential Visitors, plus visitors for all 3 buildings, must enter through the Haven Front Entrance to undergo a Temperature check, and fill out a Health Screening Questionnaire, each time they enter the building.
• All guests will receive a Guest Badge.
• Outdoor visits with the designated Essential Visitor plus one other person (total group size of 3, including the Resident) are encouraged. There is no age limit on outdoor guests. However, physical distancing must be practiced and all visitors must wear a mask or some other form of face covering.
• Visitors are responsible for bringing their own masks for outdoor visits.

As of May 15, Dr. Deena Hinshaw has approved outdoor gatherings of up to 50 people. The grounds of Shalem are unable to accommodate this number of people with the required physical distancing protocols, therefore Shalem can only allow outdoor gatherings of approx. 15 -20 people, at this time.

Please know that COVID-19 is highly contagious, and our Residents and Staff are at high risk. Do your part to protect yourself and our entire Shalem Community!

Thank you

Shalem Management

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2nd April

Dear Shalem Residents and families,
Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw has outlined enhanced restrictions with regard to Senior Housing.

• Essential Visitors Only remains in effect.
• Essential Visitors are defined as those providing care necessary for the well-being of the Resident.
• NEW:
  • Shalem Haven doors are closed in the linked hallway, only to be accessed by Haven Residents and Essential Visitors.
  • All Haven Residents must stay on the facility’s property, except in the case of necessity (eg. walking, groceries, pharmacy) or exceptions such as medical appointments, while observing physical and social distancing requirements.
  • We encourage Shalem Court and Manor Residents to also limit outings for the well-being of all Shalem.
  • All Staff, Haven Residents and Essential visitors, plus visitors for all 3 buildings, must enter through the Haven Front Entrance to undergo a Temperature check, and fill out a Health Screening Questionnaire, each time they enter the building.
  • If a Resident leaves the building, upon each return they will fill out a new Health Questionnaire and receive a temperature check.
  • All Guests will receive a Guest Badge.

Please know that COVID-19 is highly contagious, and our Residents and Staff are at high risk. Do your part to protect yourself and our entire Shalem Community!

Thank you
Shalem Management


Shalem is following the AHS Update from March 23th, 2020:

• Effective immediately, only one essential visitor at a time for residents in Supportive Living (the Haven) will be allowed.
• Essential visitors are defined as those providing care necessary for the well-being of the resident.
• Essential visitors are restricted to one individual at a time and those visitors must be immediate family or a designated person.
• Additionally, no children will be allowed to visit.
• We recognize that this may be difficult for families and loved ones but we must do all we can to minimize the risk of infection to our residents and staff.
• We encourage families to consider alternate methods for communication, such as Facetime or Skype, to connect with residents.

Additional COVID-19 Measures at Shalem:

• All Essential visitors will enter through the Haven Front Entrance and will undergo health screening questions as well as receive a Guest Badge.
  • Shalem Haven Address: 3008 - 51 Street SW
• All other entrances are for Residents entry and exit ONLY
• Shalem Court and Shalem Manor residents have been asked to cooperate with the AHS protocol
• We are not accepting any reservations for the Guest Suites at this time
• All staff-facilitated events and activities are cancelled until further notice
• Our Dining Room is closed
• Deliveries of Groceries and Medications to the Residents are permitted, however anyone entering the buildings will need to go through the Haven address and follow the Questionnaire and Guest protocol.

We ask that these items be left at the Haven Front Desk for distribution to the appropriate Resident (delivery people are not allowed into our Buildings). Please make an appointment for delivery so staff is available.