ClareOaks Homeward Bound We're staying home until April 30! Are you? Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, at Clare Oaks we remain enormounly grateful. Were grateful to our staff members and to all the healthcare professionals and first-responders who have risen heroically to this chalenge. Were grateful to frontline workers who ensure that we can meet the needs of daily life. And we thank our residents, who continue to follow the directives of state and federal agencies We're heartened by the senerous expressions of support from family members and neighboes as we innovate ways to serve our residents and stretch our resources We screen every staffmember and delivery penon before they enter Clare Oaks. We enforce our strict visitoe restriction policy and practice social distancing. We've cancelled all group activities and closed the common areas, including the dining room; our independent living residents now pick up meals to cat in their apartments. We deploy our in-house TV channel to communicate news updates and facilitate new ways to get together with vistual peogramming And we're encouraging residents to hop onto the internet highway and holping them and their loved ones stay connected with apps that being the world safely to thembecause more than ever. family and friends are vital to our well-being We value the leadership of Governor LIL. Pvitaker and applaad his deciskon to extend his Stay At-Home executive oeder until April 30, 2020. Why? New medical data offers evidence that the specad of COVID 19 has slowed in states where people have complied with Stay-At-Home esecutive orders. Our actions now will protect us down the line. The medical experts tell us the most dificult days are Mll to come, and that the temporary inconvenience of self- confinement is the most practical and achievable way to protect ourvelves and our neighbors. This knouledge steels our determination to remain physically apart as we map out new pathways for feling close together. We hope you join Clare Oaks residents and stalf in guarding against this global pandemic by Being mindful of the growing list of possble COVID-19 symptoms, which may include changes in appetite or Gl distress and a loss of your sense of smell and taste Maintaining a healthy, sensible diet and exercise routine Restricting all travel (even when cabin fever starts to rise) Staying in touch with family and friends via phone calls and digital platforms Creating a daly schodule to instill a rhythm and sense of purpose We will not let dowm our guard. Throughout cach day, I meet with our leadership team and our COVID-19 Task Force coordinator to review our action ibems related to staffing. supplies and myriad areas that we monitor. Your support means the world to everyone at Clare Oaks. Gigi Walker Chief Executive Officer 825 Carillon Drive Bartlett, Illinois 60103 630-372-1983 ClareOaks.com Independent Living Short-Term Rehabilitation Assisted Living i Memory Care Skilled Nursing Care ClareOaks Homeward Bound We're staying home until April 30! Are you? Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, at Clare Oaks we remain enormounly grateful. Were grateful to our staff members and to all the healthcare professionals and first-responders who have risen heroically to this chalenge. Were grateful to frontline workers who ensure that we can meet the needs of daily life. And we thank our residents, who continue to follow the directives of state and federal agencies We're heartened by the senerous expressions of support from family members and neighboes as we innovate ways to serve our residents and stretch our resources We screen every staffmember and delivery penon before they enter Clare Oaks. We enforce our strict visitoe restriction policy and practice social distancing. We've cancelled all group activities and closed the common areas, including the dining room; our independent living residents now pick up meals to cat in their apartments. We deploy our in-house TV channel to communicate news updates and facilitate new ways to get together with vistual peogramming And we're encouraging residents to hop onto the internet highway and holping them and their loved ones stay connected with apps that being the world safely to thembecause more than ever. family and friends are vital to our well-being We value the leadership of Governor LIL. Pvitaker and applaad his deciskon to extend his Stay At-Home executive oeder until April 30, 2020. Why? New medical data offers evidence that the specad of COVID 19 has slowed in states where people have complied with Stay-At-Home esecutive orders. Our actions now will protect us down the line. The medical experts tell us the most dificult days are Mll to come, and that the temporary inconvenience of self- confinement is the most practical and achievable way to protect ourvelves and our neighbors. This knouledge steels our determination to remain physically apart as we map out new pathways for feling close together. We hope you join Clare Oaks residents and stalf in guarding against this global pandemic by Being mindful of the growing list of possble COVID-19 symptoms, which may include changes in appetite or Gl distress and a loss of your sense of smell and taste Maintaining a healthy, sensible diet and exercise routine Restricting all travel (even when cabin fever starts to rise) Staying in touch with family and friends via phone calls and digital platforms Creating a daly schodule to instill a rhythm and sense of purpose We will not let dowm our guard. Throughout cach day, I meet with our leadership team and our COVID-19 Task Force coordinator to review our action ibems related to staffing. supplies and myriad areas that we monitor. Your support means the world to everyone at Clare Oaks. Gigi Walker Chief Executive Officer 825 Carillon Drive Bartlett, Illinois 60103 630-372-1983 ClareOaks.com Independent Living Short-Term Rehabilitation Assisted Living i Memory Care Skilled Nursing Care