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Hello everyone,

As we enter the Fall season, we are already seeing a rise in the number of different respiratory illness in our community, and within some of our sites. In alignment with many of our acute care and non-acute care partners, starting Monday October 2nd, we are reestablishing masking requirements as a proactive measure to protect the wellbeing of our Thrive Group family. This includes:

  • All staff are required to wear a mask when they enter any of our long-term care, congregate or shared living sites
  • All staff are required to wear masks during all resident/client facing interactions such as during service, care, recreation programming etc.
  • Visitors are strongly encouraged to wear a mask when visiting our sites and limit their contact to their own loved ones
  • Residents and clients are encouraged to wear masks as tolerated when they are unable to physically distance from others
  • Physical distancing is required across all Thrive organizations for all staff breaks and meetings, otherwise masking is required

We understand that this isn’t the news anyone was hoping to hear, however we are working to prevent further spread and outbreaks as respiratory cases are on the rise. We continue to monitor the infection rates, directions that may come from our public health authorities and the actions taken by our partner organizations. As a reminder, please refrain from coming to any of our sites if you are feeling unwell.
Stay well and take care,

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Steve Sherrer

CEO

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Hello everyone,

We have reached the end of the unofficial summer as many of our staff and loved ones are starting a new school year. We hope that everyone has enjoyed some time over the summer to relax and recharge. As we enter the fall, we have a number of things to prepare for, look forward to and to celebrate.

Respiratory Season

We are anticipating yet another challenging respiratory season as a result of the ever-evolving COVID-19 virus as well as other seasonal respiratory illnesses including Influenza and RSV. Over the summer months, many of our pandemic precautions were reduced such as universal masking, rapid antigen testing and active screening when entering any of our buildings. With these precautions removed, we ask that everyone act with the utmost diligence to keep our residents, clients and staff healthy and safe. We have all learned a lot about staying healthy over the last few years and want to reinforce a few reminders:

  1. Please do not visit if you are ill or experiencing any respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms. A simple scratchy throat can evolve into an outbreak in one of our congregate settings causing illness to those we care for and could also lead to staffing shortages.
  2. Masks continue to be available at all of our sites and visitors and staff are welcome and encouraged to use them. At this time, masking is optional, however, this may change should we see an increase in cases in our community or we experience an outbreak at one of our sites.
  3. Please stay up-to-date with your vaccines for Influenza and COVID-19. This is a message we continue to support for all our clients, residents, staff and loved ones. Once the fall vaccines become available, we recommend you follow the guidelines of public health and obtain vaccines where available.
  4. Clean your hands well and often. It might be time to re-fill your personal alcohol-based hand rub containers you carry with you or keep in your car. We will continue to have this available for everyone at all of our sites.

Thrive turns 10!

We are excited to celebrate Thrive Group’s 10 Year Anniversary this fall! Thrive Group was formed by the integration of AbleLiving Services and St. Peter’s Residence at Chedoke in 2013. The goal of creating Thrive Group was to bring together like-minded organizations, to develop and deliver quality services that are responsive and innovative, enhance collaborative approaches to service provision, inform government directives and influence health care system transformation, and create efficiencies and reduce duplication. Over the years, we welcomed Capability Support Services and Idlewyld Manor into the family. Thrive Group has developed a strong reputation in the healthcare community with a commitment to customer service excellence.

Accreditation 2023

Our teams across Thrive Group are preparing for our accreditation survey expected to take place in either November or December of this year. Our last accreditation survey was an abbreviated virtual survey that took place in 2020, during the height of the pandemic. We are looking forward to inviting the surveyors to our sites to showcase and share with them all of the excellent care and services we provide!
Great Places to Work™

During the first two weeks of October, our teams will be invited to participate in our annual staff engagement survey. Our survey is conducted by Great Places to Work, which provides a confidential process for staff to share their experiences working for our organizations.

Staff Appreciation Week

Also in October, during the week of Thanksgiving we are planning our staff appreciation week. We look forward to celebrating the great work done by our team and reflect on how thankful we are to have such a dedicated and committed team to work with each day. All sites and programs will have a number of activities planned to share in some spirit and fun during that week.

We look forward to sharing more updates with you later this fall.

Stay well and take care,

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Steve Sherrer

CEO

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