Fairmount COVID-19 Response Updates
Fairmount Protection and Prevention Updates are provided to keep our residents, residents’ loved ones, and team members informed of the latest recommendations for keeping our residents and team members safe. Visitation remains open every day, with the preferred visitation times being between 10am and 7pm. Visits may continue as long as you are feeling well; please refrain from visiting if you are feeling unwell. When visiting, please follow the infection prevention guidelines available at the entryway.
Masks requirements have been updated as follows, due to Lancaster county’s COVID transmission level maintaining “substantial” status for the past two consecutive weeks:
- Staff and visitors may choose to not wear a mask in non-patient care areas. Non-patient care areas include the Café, front lobby, break rooms, offices, nurses station, kitchen, and meeting rooms.
- Masks must be worn in patient care areas, including residents rooms, resident lounges, resident dining rooms, when walking down resident hallways, when directly speaking with a resident in a non-patient care area.
- Masks must be worn at ALL TIMES if you have any cold signs and symptoms (for the duration of the cold) and if you were exposed to someone with COVID. (Masks must be worn for 14 days following exposure.)
- Please help to continue keeping our residents safe from COVID. If Lancaster county goes back up to the level of “High” masks will return immediately.
Thank you for everything you all have done for our residents over these difficult, past three years!
COVID-19 vaccine clinics will be held at Fairmount on March 28, 2023 and April 25, 2023 in the Wheat Ridge Chapel from 2pm-2:30pm. Please call 717.354.1800 to make an appointment.
Current active COVID-19 positive cases on campus are reported as follows:
- Health Care, no residents currently positive
- Rehab, no residents currently positive
- Wheat Ridge Personal Care, no residents currently positive
- Farm Crest Personal Care, no residents currently positive
- Farm Crest Residential Suites, no residents currently positive
- Residential Living, no known residents currently positive
- Team Members, one known active positive team member
All previous updates may be viewed by clicking the link below.
Previous Updates
November 18, 2022, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
September 23, 2022, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
August 26, 2022, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
August 11, 2022, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
July 13, 2022, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
May 19, 2022, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
February 11, 2022, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
January 28, 2022, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
January 14, 2022, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
December 23, 2021, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
November 19, 2021, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
November 12, 2021, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
November 5, 2021, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
October 22, 2021, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
October 15, 2021, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
October 8, 2021, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
October 1, 2021, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
September 24, 2021, COVID Prevention & Protection Update
September 10, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
September 3, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
August 27, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
August 13, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
August 6, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
July 30, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
June 4, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
May 14, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
May 7, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
April 2, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
March 26, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
March 19, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
March 12, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
March 5, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
February 26, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
February 19, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
February 12, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
February 5, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
January 29, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
January 22, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
January 15, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
January 8, 2021, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
December 30, 2020, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
December 18, 2020, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
December 11, 2020, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
December 4, 2020, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
November 24, 2020, COVID Prevention and Protection Update
November 20, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
November 13, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
November 6, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
October 30, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
October 23, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
October 16, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
October 9, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
October 2, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
September 25, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
September 18, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
September 11, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
September 4, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
August 28, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
August 21, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
August 14, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
August 7, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
August 6, 2020, COVID-19 Update
July 31, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
July 24, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
July 17, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
July 10, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
July 3, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
June 26, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
June 19, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
June 12, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
June 5, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
May 29, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
May 22, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
May 15, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
May 8, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
May 1, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
April 24, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
April 17, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
April 9, 2020, Message from our President/CEO
April 3, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
March 27, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
March 20, 2020, Prevention and Protection Update
Update March 16, 2020 | 3:30 pm
Fairmount is taking precautions, in keeping with Centers for Disease Control and the Department of Health guidelines regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus), to keep residents and team members as safe as possible. Therefore, until further notice, beginning on March 17 at 7:00 a.m., Fairmount is no longer permitting visitors into our Residential Living level of care. Residential Living includes the apartments and common areas of the Wheat Ridge Apartment Building, Crest View Apartment Building, Farm Crest Apartments and all of our cottages. This means family members will not be allowed on campus, although end-of-life situations will be addressed individually. All approved visitors will be screened for respiratory signs or symptoms and temperature screenings upon entry.
If you have personal items that you’d like to drop off for your family member or loved one, please do so in the apartment building lobbies or cottage doorway. We are encouraging visitors to not enter our buildings.
Fairmount team members, vendors and contractors will be screened for symptoms and temperatures upon entering our buildings, as well.
The heart of Fairmount’s mission is to enrich the lives of those we serve. In the midst of a season when viruses such as Influenza and COVID-19 (Coronavirus) can radically spread out of control and grow exponentially, Fairmount is actively taking vigilant measures to keep our residents and team members healthy and safe. Our leadership team continues to meet regularly to assess the situation, monitor the outside state of affairs that affect our community, and implement strategies that will keep our residents and team safe.
Please visit our website regularly to stay up-to-date on recent changes, cancellations, and additional efforts to promote safety at Fairmount.