- Good afternoon Fowler Family!
- COVID UPDATE:
- As of 12:00 pm December 14, 2020, Dallas County Health and Human Services is reporting 1,699 additional positive casesof 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Dallas County, 1,519 confirmed cases and 180 probable cases.
- Sunday, Dallas County reported 1,810 new cases with 4 deaths
- To date, a total of 1,385 Dallas County residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19 illness.
- VACCINE UPDATE:
- The first shipments of COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered in Texas. Four sites received 19,500 doses of the Pfizer vaccine Monday morning. An additional 19 sites will receive 75,075 doses on Tuesday.
- A total of 1.4 million doses have been allocated to Texas by the end of the year
- Methodist Hospital started vaccinating their front-line healthcare workers yesterday
- Parkland Memorial Hospital, UT Southwestern in Dallas and Texas Health Resources in Fort Worth are among 19 more Texas hospitals scheduled to receive shipments of the vaccine today
- We have not been notified as to when the vaccine will come to Fowler; nor do we know yet how many doses we will get
- The vaccine will be administered through CVS; a followup injection will be given 21 days later as this is a two-step process
- The decision to take the vaccination is a personal decision; just like all the COVID decisions we make – such as where we go, who we see, whether we wear a mask, zoom our holidays, Instacart our groceries – these are personal decisions and choices that happen to impact the health of others
- FOWLER UPDATES:
- Today, we are rolling out the Essential Visitor Program and Outdoor Visitation in Jackson Living Center and Fowler Christian Apartments Independent Living
- The highlights of the Essential Visitor Program are as follows:
- An Essential Visitor can be a family member or other outside caregiver who is at least 18 years old and has been designated by the resident to provide regular support to a resident.
- The resident may designate up to 2 Essential Visitors over and above Essential Care providers [home health, hospice, etc]
- Only one Essential Visitor may visit at a time
- Only one visit per week per Essential visitor
- Each visit is limited to two hours or less at Fowler’s discretion
- The visit will be in the resident’s apartment – visitors are not to enter common areas or dining room
- Essential Visitors must maintain physical distancing between themselves and all other residents and staff
- Resident must wear a facemask over both mouth and nose
- The Essential Visitor must wear a face mask and any other appropriate PPE
- The Essential Visitor will be required to provide identification at each visit
- The Essential Visitor must sign Consent Forms and Assumption of Risk and Waiver Form
- A negative COVID test is required within 14 days of the visit – you are required to secure your test and provide the results – Fowler will not provide the COVID test
- All visitation is scheduled through the front desk where you will be screened each time upon arrival
- You will receive an initial PPE training and sign all required documents upon your first visit
- We are also rolling out outdoor visits
- These do not require COVID tests
- They do require scheduling as we only have so many outdoor seating areas
- They do require masks and social distancing
- Outdoor visits will be especially helpful in seeing family members who have recently utilized public transportation
- We are pleased to provide these opportunities of connection with family
- Thank you for maintaining your vigilance with your designated Essential Visitors
- OTHER UPDATES:
- Today is our December sing along immediately following our briefing
- Many people have asked how they can support Fowler during the holidays
- Donations can be sent to the Juliette Fowler Foundation in the Administration Center
- Donations can be mailed to Juliette Fowler Foundation, 1234 Abrams Road, Dallas 75214
- Donations can be made online at fowlercommunities.org/donate-now
- TEAMMATE TUESDAY
- Arnold Garza celebrated his birthday on Sunday December 13th! Happy birthday, Arnold!
- Happy birthday wishes to Sanurette Shelley who celebrates her birthday TODAY!
- This Friday December 18th is Patty Hegarty’s birthday. Happy birthday, Patty!
- William Deiterman celebrated two years at Fowler this past Sunday December 13th! Happy anniversary William!
- Wishing Tameka Randall a very happy anniversary! Tameka also celebrated 2 years at Fowler on December 13th!
- Yesterday December 14th was Emily Martinez’s 11 year anniversary at Fowler! Wow! Happy anniversary Emily!
- Join me in welcoming Krystal Horn! Krystal is our new administrator for the Carroll neighborhood. She previously served at Gulf Cost Long Term Care as administrator. Before that, Krystal served as Director of Admissions at Optimum Health and Assistant Director of Admissions at Ensign Group. Krystal earned her Bachelor of Health Science at Stephen F Austin.
- Please also welcome Ann Garcia! Ann is our new Life Enrichment Coordinator at FCA! Most recently, Ann served at Senior Care Belt Line as Activities Director. She started with Senior Care Beltline as a C.N.A.
- It’s official! The results are in! We are number 15 in Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Senior Housing for 2020! In 2018 we were #28, in 2019 we were #17 and now we are #15! Thank you to all our amazing, dedicated team members who Love People, Pursue Excellence and Make a Difference each and every day! We received the comment, “Although work around here is taken very seriously, there’s also a very unique camaraderie among coworkers, which makes work easy and enjoyable as well.”
- Make it a great day on purpose!
All COVID Updates are posted on our website – www.fowlercommunities.org/covid19/
COVID Hotline: Phone: 214-515-7184 • Spanish Speaking Line: 214-515-1385
Email: Covid19info@fowlercommunities.org
COVID-19 Mental Health Support Line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week toll-free at 833-986-1919
