Facility Data | The Villages of Lapeer Nursing & Rehabilitation

239 South Main Street, Lapeer, Michigan 48446, United States

The Villages of Lapeer Nursing & Rehabilitation

Facility Data

Background

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued "QSO-20-29-NH" on May 6, 2020, with the subject "Interim Final Rule Updating Requirements for Notification of Confirmed and Suspected COVID-19 Cases Among Residents and Staff in Nursing Homes." It is expected that on May 9, 2020, CMS will publish an interim final rule with a comment period.

In summary, the memorandum states: "In an effort to support surveillance of COVID-19 cases and increase transparency for residents, their representatives and families, CMS has established reporting for confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases at §483.80(g3) as follows:

Inform residents, their representatives, and families of those residing in facilities by 5 p.m. the next calendar day following the occurrence of either a single confirmed infection of COVID-19, or three or more residents or staff with new-onset of respiratory symptoms occurring within 72 hours of each other. This information must:

Not include personally identifiable information.
Include information on mitigating actions implemented to prevent or reduce the risk of transmission, including if normal operations of the facility will be altered.
Include any cumulative updates for residents, their representatives, and families at least weekly or by 5 p.m. the next calendar day following the subsequent occurrence of either: each time a confirmed infection of COVID-19 is identified, or whenever three or more residents or staff with new onset of respiratory symptoms occur within 72 hours of each other.

CMS goes on to state: "We understand that state and local health departments may currently require nursing homes to report certain COVID-19 related information to them. A key difference between the state/local reporting and this new national reporting requirement is that reporting to state/local health departments allows them to understand the status of their local environment and intervene (e.g., direct staffing and supplies), whereas this national requirement provides standardized information to assist with national surveillance on the status of COVID-19 in all nursing homes."

The regulation states, "there are a variety of ways that facilities can meet this requirement… such as web postings. We do not expect facilities to make individual telephone calls to each resident's family or their responsible party to inform them that a resident in the facility has laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. However, we expect facilities to take reasonable efforts to make it easy for residents, their representatives, and families to obtain the information facilities are required to provide."

Our Reporting Notification Process

Our facility strives to continue its efforts for transparency in communications with all interested stakeholders. It is in this effort we are creating a place for residents, families and responsible parties and our associates to look to for updated facility-specific information.

Our communication will include information on mitigating actions we are taking to prevent or reduce the risk of transmission, which can be found on this resources page.

Our data will never include personally identifiable information. It will include information about our residents and staff for the following aspects of COVID-19 reporting:

New Onset of Respiratory Symptoms -- The number of staff/residents newly identified as exhibiting respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 as defined by the CDC on that day.

Confirmed Infection of COVID-19 -- The number of staff/residents with whom their first positive result was received utilizing an FDA-approved COVID-19 test kit on that day.

New Onset Respiratory Symptoms Over the Last 7 Days -- The cumulative number over the last 7 days of the new onset of respiratory symptoms for staff/residents.

Total of Confirmed Infections of COVID-19 -- The cumulative number of confirmed infections of COVID-19 for staff/residents currently at the facility as of today.

Recovered from Infection of COVID-19 -- Resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications with progressive improvement or resolution of other symptoms since May 1, 2020.

Cumulative Confirmed Infections of COVID-19 -- The cumulative number of confirmed infections of COVID-19 for staff/residents since May 1, 2020 regardless of whether or not the infections are still active.
We expect to update our data according to the guidance which is by 5 p.m. the next calendar day following the occurrence of either a single confirmed infection of COVID-19, or three or more residents or staff with new-onset of respiratory symptoms occurring within 72 hours of each other. Further, we will include a cumulative update at least weekly.

Our Commitment

Our facility is committed to providing updated and current information for our residents, families and responsible parties and associates. To these important stakeholders, if at any time you have questions about the information you see on our website or would like to discuss it further, please reach out to the Administrator of this facility.

UPDATE Beginning June 22, this facility will conduct COVID-19 testing in compliance with the June 15 Emergency Order from MDHHS Director Robert Gordon. The testing guidance released requires all skilled nursing facilities in the state of Michigan to conduct COVID-19 testing as follows:

Initial testing of all residents and staff
Testing of all new or returning residents during intake and routine quarantine of new residents
Testing any resident or staff member with symptoms or suspected exposure
Weekly testing of all residents and staff in facilities with any positive cases among residents or staff, until 14 days after the last new positive
Testing of all staff in Regions 1 through 5 and 7, at least once between the date of this order and July 3, 2020
Weekly testing of all staff in regions of medium risk or higher on the MI Safe Start Map

As a result, positive COVID-19 cases for both staff and residents may be identified. Any changes will be noted in the data set below.

The text above was last updated on: August 6, 2020

Staff
Date- New onset respirator symptom (staff)
August 19, 2020 ------- 0

Date Confirmed infection of Covid- 19 (Staff)
August 19, 2020 ------0

Date- New onset respirator symptoms over the last 7 days (Staff)
August 19, 2020 ----- 0

Total of confirmed infections of Covid-19 currently (Staff)
August 19, 2020 ---- 0

Recovered from infection of Covid -19- (Staff)
16
Cumulative confirmed infections of Covid- 19 (Staff)
16
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Date- New onset respirator symptom (residents)
August 19, 2020 ------- 0

Date Confirmed infection of Covid- 19 (Residents)
August 19, 2020 ------0

Date- New onset respirator symptoms over the last 7 days (Residents)
August 19, 2020 ----- 0

Total of confirmed infections of Covid-19 currently (Residents)
August 19, 2020 ---- 0

Recovered from infection of Covid -19- (Residents)
28
Cummulative confirmed infections of Covid- 19