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June 12, 2020 Valued Residents, Family Members and Staff, The health and safety of our Eastgate Manor residents, families and employees is our highest priority. As the coronavirus (COVID-19) health crisis continues, we recognize the importance of sharing information and communicating actions we are taking to protect and care for our Eastgate Manor family. We are working with the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), local health departments and our laboratory partners to procure needed testing. Where universal COVID-19 testing and resources are available to our company, Eastgate Manor proactively will test all staff and residents. This may lead to…

June 5, 2020 Valued Residents, Family Members and Staff, The health and safety of our Eastgate Manor residents, families and employees is our highest priority. As the coronavirus (COVID-19) health crisis continues, we recognize the importance of sharing information and communicating actions we are taking to protect and care for our Eastgate Manor family. We are working with the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), local health departments and our laboratory partners to procure needed testing. Where universal COVID-19 testing and resources are available to our company, Eastgate Manor will proactively test all staff and residents. This may lead to…

June 3, 2020 Dear Residents and Families: The health and safety of our residents and team members is our highest priority. As we continue to face the uncertainty and concern regarding the evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we continue to follow the guidelines of the Illinois Department of Public Health (“IDPH”), McHenry County Health, and Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”). We are unfortunately reporting that one additional Resident at Eastgate Manor has tested positive for COVID-19. The Resident is currently at the hospital. At this time, a total of four residents and five staff that have tested positive for the virus….

May 30, 2020 Dear Residents and Families: The health and safety of our residents and team members is our highest priority. As we continue to face the uncertainty and concern regarding the evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we continue to follow the guidelines of the Illinois Department of Public Health (“IDPH”), McHenry County Health, and Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”). We are unfortunately reporting that one of our staff members at Eastgate Manor has tested positive for COVID-19. The last day the employee worked was May 27, 2020. At this time, a total of three residents and five staff have tested…

May 27, 2020 Dear Residents and Families: The health and safety of our residents and team members is our highest priority. As we continue to face the uncertainty and concern regarding the evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we continue to follow the guidelines of the Illinois Department of Public Health (“IDPH”), McHenry County Health, and Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”). We are unfortunately reporting that one of our Residents and one staff member at Eastgate Manor have tested positive for COVID-19. The last day the employee worked was May 21, 2020. At this time a total of three residents and four…

May 22, 2020 To all Residents, Families and Friends: We wanted to let you know we are working on structuring some visitations between either Resident to Resident, Family to Resident, or Friends to Residents. Although there will be phases of Illinois opening up in June, we cannot plan on opening our doors completely. Through guidance and recommendations from CDC, IDPH, and our Clinical support teams, we want to begin some visits when able. We understand how hard this has been for everyone, and moving forward, we are working on a plan for safe visits with families or resident interactions. We…

May 17, 2020 Dear Residents and Families: The health and safety of our residents and team members is our highest priority. As we continue to face the uncertainty and concern regarding the evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we continue to follow the guidelines of the Illinois Department of Public Health (“IDPH”), McHenry County Health, and Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”). We are, unfortunately, reporting that two of our staff at Eastgate Manor have tested positive for COVID-19. Their last days worked were Sunday May 9th and Wednesday May 13th. At this time, a total of two residents and two staff have…

May 14, 2020 Dear Residents and Families: The health and safety of our residents and team members remain our highest priority. As we continue to face the uncertainty and concern regarding the evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we continue to follow the guidelines of the Illinois Department of Public Health, McHenry County Health, and CDC. We are saddened to announce we have one resident on our third floor and one resident on our first floor west wing, who have tested positive for COVID-19 – a total of two. The Residents are currently in the hospital receiving support of qualified health care…

May 13, 2020 Dear Residents and Families: The health and safety of our residents and team members remain our highest priority. As we continue to face the uncertainty and concern regarding the evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we continue to follow the guidelines of the Illinois Department of Public Health, McHenry County Health, and CDC. We are saddened to announce we have one resident on our third floor who has tested positive for COVID-19. The Resident is currently in the hospital. To prevent further spread of the disease, Eastgate Manor continues to take the following measures: Facilitating a deep clean of…

Eastgate Manor Update May 7, 2020 To all Residents, Families and Friends: We hope everyone is healthy and doing well. We are sending out a reminder of current restrictions listed last week that will continue until June 1, 2020. Mother’s Day is this Sunday May 10th and we wish all mothers around the globe a very Happy Mother’s Day. We have special lunch and dinner meals planned for all Residents at Eastgate that day. Due to our current restrictions, please remember we cannot have visits to our Residents here at Eastgate unless deemed essential by our staff. If you need…