Our commitment to our Hospice & our Community
(as of April 2, 2020)
Please be assured that we are carefully monitoring the situation and our top priority is the health and safety of our residents, their families and our staff.
What is new at Red Deer Hospice:
What the Red Deer Hospice is continuing to do:
Take care of each other with respect and kindness. Red Deer is an amazing city that has an incredible spirit of togetherness in times of hardship and crisis - thank you for helping us be a source of comfort and care for people during illness and after a death.
Please be assured that we are carefully monitoring the situation and our top priority is the health and safety of our residents, their families and our staff.
What is new at Red Deer Hospice:
- We are now only having one designated visitor per resident. The designated visitor must pass the AHS Visitor Screen Questionnaire and have their temperature tested daily (temperature must read below 38 degrees Celsius).
- Please no pets at this time.
- Any cellphones that will be used in the house must be cleaned upon entering.
- If you are ill with a fever, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue or sore throat, please do not visit.
- If you are a new admission from another facility, we ask that you do not bring any items with you (bags, clothes, luggage etc). If you are being admitted from home, please sanitize your item at home prior to bringing them in.
What the Red Deer Hospice is continuing to do:
- We will continue to be in contract with Alberta Health Services and adjust our processes and procedures as the situation evolves.
- We have asked all staff who have traveled out of the country to self quarantine as per Alberta Health Public Health Protocols.
- We are being extra diligent with our cleaning and disinfecting within the house
- Be vigilant with proper and frequent hand washing. Not just within the house but as you go about your daily routines.
- Please be patient. To respect the Alberta Health Protocols, we have cancelled all volunteer shifts until further notice. As volunteers fulfill many support functions, we are working with less resources to keep our house running. We are doing our absolute best to address your questions as quickly as we can.
- Do not touch your face.
- If at any time you do develop symptoms, please self isolate and follow up with Health Link at 811.
Take care of each other with respect and kindness. Red Deer is an amazing city that has an incredible spirit of togetherness in times of hardship and crisis - thank you for helping us be a source of comfort and care for people during illness and after a death.