Dear Tenants,                                        March 12, 2020

Due to the recent guidelines presented by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in order to protect the spread of COVID-19, The Community at Sunset Wood will be urging the suspension of all non-medical outside guests from visiting our community until 3/31/2020. This excludes those who are receiving medical and personal care from family members. However, all guests traveling from out of town must check in with front office personnel.

As you may know, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel Coronavirus outbreak as a global pandemic yesterday, travel between the United States and Europe was recently suspended, and some events and large gatherings have been postponed or cancelled in our region, state, and nation. While Oneida County has not experienced cases of COVID-19, we are making this decision out of an abundance of caution for your protection.

As always, the safety of The Community at Sunset Wood’s tenants, staff, and families is our highest priority; therefore, during this time we will be continuing to monitor the situation by remaining in constant contact with our connections in the Oneida County Health Department.

In addition, we will be reviewing, and sharing with you, new protocols that are being released by the CDC & CMS. Our community will still be providing normal internal activities & wellness programs; however, we will be posting a list of events which will be cancelled.

Please continue to exercise proper hand washing with soap and other universal preventative actions such as covering your cough, sneezing into your elbow or tissue (throw away tissue), avoid touching your eyes, nose, mouth, while continuing to clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces in your home.

Thank you for your support and understanding as we balance proactive measures of caution and timely communication.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns please give me a call or see me directly.

Respectfully,

Dominick M. Manfredo

Executive Director / CEO