Augustine Villas gets help from Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare

KINGSVILLE — On December 26, Augustine Villas in Kingsville, was declared in a COVID-19 outbreak.

Augustine Villas is one of 12 Long Term Care/ Retirement Home facilities in Windsor-Essex that HDGH is partnering with during the pandemic.

Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare (HDGH), in collaboration with Augustine Villas, the Windsor Essex County Health Unit (WECHU), Essex-Windsor EMS, and other community partners, have been identifying resources that could assist staff at the Villas in support of their residents.

Essex-Windsor EMS partners have placed a trailer on site to assist with this response. Joe Karb, Vice President of Restorative Care, will be on-site, along with other members of the HDGH team, as part of this interim arrangement, as a lead management resource.

Both the hospital and Augustine Villas, with the support of the Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority (RHRA), Windsor Essex County Health Unit, and Ontario Health, have identified several priorities and the HDGH team plans to respond as quickly as possible to start identifying and assisting the Villa with their needs.

HDGH will assume responsibility for priorities such as infection prevention and control and education, reduction of virus spread, and stabilization of staffing resources.

Together, the commitment between the two organizations is to ensure the safety of the residents and staff remains a top priority.

The two teams continue to work closely with Public Health and other partners and are taking every precaution in caring for residents and the staff.