Dear Residents, Families, Team Members & Friends of Birmingham Green,
In our letter dated July 7th, 2023, we shared the updated Safe Path Forward Process. In this letter, the residents were offered the option of choosing to not wear a mask, at their own discretion.
After a two-week delay, we will now offer this option to others. We want to highlight that this decision comes after careful consideration and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Virginia Department of Health, and our Medical Director, Dr. Jeffry Waldman. We will continue to update our COVID Safe Path Forward Process and the decision to offer our guests, team members, and families the option of not wearing a face mask.
Masking will now be optional on the campus. The CDC guidelines state that masks are no longer a requirement in Long Term Facilities unless an outbreak of SARS-CoV2 or other outbreak of respiratory infection is identified.
If we were to experience an outbreak – we would reconsider this policy and return to wearing masks, and we thank you in advance for complying with any further masking requests.
Thank you,
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Joan Thomas
Chief Operating Officer