Yee Hong responds to COVID-19

If you are a designated essential caregiver for a Yee Hong resident, and unable to schedule a vaccination appointment (1st or 2nd dose), please contact your long-term care home to learn more about scheduling those appointments.

Another employee who does not have contact with our residents also notified us of a positive COVID test administered outside Yee Hong, for a total of two positive tests among Mississauga Centre staff. After consulting with Peel Public Health, both employees are quarantined at home and no additional precautions are required.

• Drop-off service is available Mon-Fri 10:00am-2:00pm
• DO include: clothing, reading, gifts, photos and mementos
• DO NOT include: food, drinks or valuables
• Items will be cleaned and disinfected by Yee Hong staff before delivery. Yee Hong is NOT responsible for any damage that occurs due to cleaning and disinfecting.

Instructions

1. Place items in clear packaging so contents can be easily identified
2. Add label with following information:
   • Resident’s name
   • Resident’s room number
   • List of contents
   • Your contact information
   • Drop-off date
3. Enter front door and drop off your package with staff at the screening desk

• For contact tracing purposes, all absences are scheduled by completing the online request form.
• All residents will be screened before departure and upon return from their absence.
• We will seek consent to test the resident upon return from their absence.
• We will follow our current protocol and isolate the resident upon return from their absence, regardless of the duration of the absence, for 14 days.
• We will follow our current protocols which is aligned with the Public Health COVID-19 Testing Guidance and if any resident exhibits any typical or atypical symptoms they must be isolated and tested for COVID-19 in accordance with Directive #3.

Instructions

1. Download and read Yee Hong’s visitor and absence protocols
2. Complete the Resident Absence Request Form online for an outing with a resident

Please note that no visitation will be allowed when an outbreak is declared in a home. A home on outbreak will follow outbreak protocol and visits and outings are closely monitored and allowed only when deemed as essential visitors.