{"id":26835,"date":"2023-12-28T17:41:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T06:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/?p=26835"},"modified":"2023-12-28T17:50:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T06:50:30","slug":"update-for-whiddon-kelso-staff-and-families-28-12-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/update-for-whiddon-kelso-staff-and-families-28-12-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Update for Whiddon Kelso Families and Employees 28\/12\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Metric; color: #1c3b42;\">Dear Families, Representatives &amp; Employees,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-duration: 0s !important; transition-duration: 0s !important; width: calc(100% - 4rem); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Metric; color: #1c3b42;\">Please be advised that \u00a0the COVID-19 outbreak at Whiddon Kelso has extended to residents in the Bedwell Wing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Metric; color: #1c3b42;\">Families of affected residents will be kept up to date on any changes by the team at Whiddon Kelso, as they occur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Metric; color: #1c3b42;\">Whilst we continue to support and encourage visits, we ask that these visits to occur outside or in a well-ventilated area only during the outbreak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Metric; color: #1c3b42;\">Visitors are requested to follow the guidance of staff in regard to the PPE required to be worn in each area \u2013 specifically the use of both an N95 Mask and Face Shield when visiting Bedwell &amp; our Memory Support Home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-duration: 0s !important; transition-duration: 0s !important; width: calc(100% - 4rem); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Metric; color: #1c3b42;\">Families taking loved ones out, we ask that you please be cautious and if possible, please try to limit this to small crowds or gatherings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-duration: 0s !important; transition-duration: 0s !important; width: calc(100% - 4rem); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Metric; color: #1c3b42;\">Residents who leave the facility are encouraged to wear a mask and all residents will be tested regularly whilst we are in Outbreak Management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-duration: 0s !important; transition-duration: 0s !important; width: calc(100% - 4rem); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Metric; color: #1c3b42;\">We appreciate your understanding at this time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-duration: 0s !important; transition-duration: 0s !important; width: calc(100% - 4rem); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Metric; color: #1c3b42;\">The Whiddon team<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Families, Representatives &amp; Employees, Please be advised that \u00a0the COVID-19 outbreak at Whiddon Kelso has extended to residents in the Bedwell Wing. Families of affected residents will be kept up to date on any changes by the team at Whiddon Kelso, as they occur. Whilst we continue to support and encourage visits, we ask [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26835"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26837,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26835\/revisions\/26837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}