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Late last evening, an employee tested positive for COVID 19 following a community exposure.  This employee worked on only one unit (D wing).  Consistent with CDC guidelines, Fort Hudson implemented its COVID protocols, which include immediate quarantine of residents who were potentially exposed. Serial testing of all residents and staff began last night and will…
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Important news from today’s NYS Press Conference: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-covid-19-vaccination-mandate-healthcare-workers

Click the following link for an interesting article: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-nursing-homes-restrictions-elderly-2c6b98804219c731a5e8a9b843594381

6-15-2021 Update:  On June 15th, Governor Cuomo lifted many of the restrictions that have been in place for over a year.  His message was “we’re returning to normal.” Unfortunately, there were no changes made for nursing home residents or employees, and still not close to ‘normal’.  All COVID related precautions remain; including: Limitations on visitation…
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Attention: staff, families, community members phoning into Fort Hudson phone system. We are experiencing a malfunction with our “leave a message” voice mail system. We have just learned that it will be out of service until at least next Wednesday. You may call us during BUSINESS HOURS and our reception team will take a paper…
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This is an important commentary to read. As New York and other states remove restrictions for everyone’s daily life….Nursing Homes remain under the strictest of state required guidelines. We are hopeful that the recently announced news reports of eased NYS restrictions WILL ALSO INCLUDE nursing homes!  Click the following link for a recent editorial by…
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For those looking for the May 2021 Guidelines on Nursing Center Visitation – please click the link below Visitor Guidance May 2021

4-27-2021 Update:  Recap of Covid activity over the last 5 days at Fort Hudson: An A wing staff member tested positive on Thursday 4/22.  For this reason all A wing residents have to be quarantined for 14 days and are ineligible for visitation until Friday May 7. The facility received a positive test result for…
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4-22-2021 Update: During routine employee testing, a single positive case was identified.  This individual is fully vaccinated.  As required by current regulation, visitation is put on pause until we complete one full round of resident and employee testing, with confirmed negative results.  All tests results are expected to be returned by Saturday. As this employee…
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