Our Commitment to our Hospice & our Community
As the COVID-19 situation evolves and the relaunch begins, please be assured we are monitoring the situation closely and our top priority is the health and safety of our residents, their families and our staff.
Red Deer Hospice is committed to providing compassionate care so people can die in peace, comfort and dignity with support for them and their loved ones. Our focus is on flexible and individualized care that is tailored to the resident’s needs and respects individual routines.
Visitors to Red Deer Hospice
Red Deer Hospice In House Measures
The risks associated with COVID-19 has required us to modify how we deliver care and the number of programs and services we can currently offer in house. As we have made modifications, our guiding principle is to balance compassion and safety. We will never compromise the compassionate care and support for the resident or ensuring the healthiest grieving process possible for each individual family.
We welcome any questions you may have.
Red Deer Hospice is committed to providing compassionate care so people can die in peace, comfort and dignity with support for them and their loved ones. Our focus is on flexible and individualized care that is tailored to the resident’s needs and respects individual routines.
Visitors to Red Deer Hospice
- It is our commitment to consult with each family with a focus of compassion, support and safety. We do this on a case by case basis through family meetings with our bereavement and nursing team.
- We are encouraging one designated visitor per resident to provide companionship and support. The designated visitors are welcome to spend as much time as possible with their family member and we are fully equipped with our large rooms, our sofa beds and home cooked meals to accommodate 24-hour stays.
- At times, the designated visitor may need a rest or break. At that time, we will work with the family to name a new designated for a varied time frame depending on the circumstances.
- Additional visitors and family members are also welcomed on a screened and scheduled basis. All visitors must pass the AHS Visitor Screen Questionnaire and have their temperature tested twice daily (temperature must read below 38 degrees Celsius).
- All visitors will be provided with a mask to wear while in the house. This is for the safety of all.
- If you are ill with a fever, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue or sore throat, please do not visit. We ask the same of our staff.
Red Deer Hospice In House Measures
- Measures are in place to ensure additional hygiene steps are being taken to sanitize high traffic areas and high touch point surfaces.
- All staff must pass the AHS Staff and Physician screening questionnaire before each shift and have their temperatures tested twice per day (temperature must read below 38 degrees Celsius).
- You will see our nursing staff continuously wearing masks.
The risks associated with COVID-19 has required us to modify how we deliver care and the number of programs and services we can currently offer in house. As we have made modifications, our guiding principle is to balance compassion and safety. We will never compromise the compassionate care and support for the resident or ensuring the healthiest grieving process possible for each individual family.
We welcome any questions you may have.