March 22, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that visitor restrictions are temporarily in place at the following long-term care facilities across the region due to cases of COVID-19 among residents. While visitor restrictions are in place, each resident on the impacted unit or facility is permitted to have one designated visitor.
St. Patrick’s Mercy Home, St. John’s: Visitor restrictions on the third floor (3E/W and 3N/S) at St. Patrick’s Mercy Home, originally implemented on March 21, 2022, have been lifted. Regular visitation can resume on all floors/units in this facility.
Agnes Pratt Home, St. John’s: Visitor restrictions are temporarily in place for the Southview unit at Agnes Pratt Home. Visitation to the remainder of the site is not impacted at this time. Palliative care and end-of-life visitation should be discussed with the health-care team. Immediate family members may contact their assigned unit or the site at 709-752-8950 for further information.
U.S. Memorial Health Centre, St. Lawrence: Visitor restrictions are temporarily in place on Long Term Care 1 (LTC 1) at U.S. Memorial Health Centre. Visitation to the remainder of the site is not impacted at this time. Palliative care and end-of-life visitation should be discussed with the health-care team. Immediate family members may contact their assigned unit or the site at 709-873-4226 for further information.
Clarenville Protective Community Care Residence: Visitor restrictions are temporarily in place at the Clarenville Protective Community Care Residence. Palliative care and end-of-life visitation should be discussed with the health-care team. Immediate family members may contact their assigned unit or the site at 709-466-4375 for further information.
These are temporary measures to assist in reducing the spread of COVID-19 and will be reassessed regularly to determine when full visitation can safely resume.
Visitor restrictions during the pandemic have been critically important to the safety of our residents, patients, staff and physicians. For more information about visitation guidelines, please visit the ‘Visiting during the COVID-19 pandemic’ webpage via https://www.easternhealth.ca/covid19/visiting-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/.
The public is asked not to visit any long-term care facility if they feel ill or are symptomatic. For infection prevention, the public is advised to wash their hands frequently, cover their coughs or sneezes with a tissue or the crook of their arms and refrain from touching their faces.
Eastern Health thanks the public for their support and reminds them of the importance of continuing to follow public health guidance to protect themselves, their loved ones, and their communities. These precautions are designed to help keep patients, clients, residents, visitors, staff and physicians safe and help in the prevention and spread of infection.
For up-to-date information on visitor restrictions and precautions, please refer to the Eastern Health website at www.easternhealth.ca/visitors/visitor-precautions-and-outbreaks/. Eastern Health apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause.
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