LATEST NEWS

We our dedicated to staying on top of the latest health care industry breakthroughs and developments. Below you will find a selection of articles related to our center, the skilled nursing care industry and other health care related news from around the world.

Health Care News

Update from Administrator – April 14, 2021

Dear Families and Residents, Beacon Brook Health Center was notified that a staff member has tested positive in the community.  The staff member has not worked in the facility in the past 10 days. Based on contact tracing, this staff member was not working in the facility during the infectious period and no unit is… Continue Reading Continue reading

Update from Administrator – April 1, 2021

Dear Families, Overall, no significant changes to our center or our visitation plans, which are based on our state’s response to the CDC and CMS guidance. Please note that over the past week, our community has seen an uptick in positive cases. We continue to monitor these numbers and urge you to wear your mask,… Continue Reading Continue reading

Update from Administrator – March 23, 2021

Dear Families, At long last – we have new guidance from the CDC on nursing home visitation! This new guidance reflects updates to address the vaccination of residents and individuals from the community, as well as the decrease in community spread and changes to visitation during an “outbreak.” While the CDC released their new guidance… Continue Reading Continue reading

Update from Administrator – March 5, 2021

March 5, 2021   Dear Residents and Families,   As always, we hope this communication finds you safe and healthy. Beacon Brook Health Center continues to be Covid Free! We are excited to welcome back our Hairdresser, Anna, who will be opening up our Beauty Shop today and tomorrow for hair cuts only.   She will… Continue Reading Continue reading

Update from Administrator – March 2, 2021

Dear Residents and Families,   As always, we hope this letter finds you safe and healthy.   Beacon Brook Health Center is now COVID FREE!!   We are very excited that our residents and staff have had now had the opportunity to receive their doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from CVS here at our center.… Continue Reading Continue reading

Update from Administrator – February 18, 2021

February 18, 2021 Dear Residents and Families, As always, we hope this letter finds you safe and healthy. Beacon Brook Health Center has two new Covid positive staff member from our weekly  testing. We are reminding our staff to not only practice safeguards against COVID in our center, but to be vigilant outside of our… Continue Reading Continue reading

Update from Administrator – February 6, 2021

Dear Residents and Families, As always, we hope this letter finds you safe and healthy. Beacon Brook Health Center has one new Covid positive staff member from our weekly PCR testing. We are reminding our staff to not only practice safeguards against COVID in our center, but to be vigilant outside of our center and… Continue Reading Continue reading

Update from Administrator – February 4, 2021

Dear Residents and Families, As always, we hope this letter finds you safe and healthy. Beacon Brook Health Center has three new positive residents from our weekly PCR testing and two staff members who have tested positive. We are reminding our staff to not only practice safeguards against COVID in our center, but to be… Continue Reading Continue reading

Update from Administrator – January 29, 2021

Dear Families,   As always, we hope this letter finds you safe and healthy. Beacon Brook has one new positive resident from our weekly testing.   We are very excited that our residents and staff have had now had the opportunity to receive their initial and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from CVS here… Continue Reading Continue reading