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Third person has died after respiratory illness outbreak at Greenspring Village, Fairfax officials sayCDC has tested 17 samples but has so far failed to identify the cause.
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Fredrick Kunkle 6park.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/07/17/third-person-has-died-after-respiratory-illness-outbreak-greenspring-village-fairfax-officials-say/#comments-wrapper 6park.comJuly 17, 2019 at 5:43 p.m. EDT 6park.comA third person has died following an outbreak of respiratory illness at a Fairfax County assisted-living facility that began more than two weeks ago, county health officials said Wednesday. 6park.com
The outbreak at Greenspring Village in Springfield also spread to the unit’s staff, affecting 19 employees, Fairfax County Health Department officials said. 6park.com
6park.comAt a news conference Wednesday at the agency’s headquarters, Benjamin Schwartz, director of epidemiology and population health at the Fairfax County Health Department, said tests, including those conducted on 17 samples by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have failed to identify a likely cause. Tests for Legionnaires’ disease have also come up negative. Officials tested for a range of common virus- or bacteria-borne respiratory illnesses. 6park.com
Schwartz also reassured the public yet again that the company that operates Greenspring has been keeping the agency apprised of changes and carrying out stepped-up sanitary and cleaning measures to halt the infection, including limiting visitors, social gatherings, group dining and new admissions. The outbreak has been confined so far to Greenspring’s assisted-living and skilled-nursing unit, which has 263 residents. People who have become ill have been quarantined in their rooms. 6park.com
But some families have not been satisfied with Greenspring’s handling of the outbreak. Terese Brewster, whose 89-year-old mother is a resident of Greenspring’s assisted-living unit, criticized the company for failing to notify families about the outbreak and keep them informed about developments. 6park.com
Brewster, who lives in Arlington, said the company issued a written notice on July 10 about the outbreak to her mother, who has dementia. But Brewster said the company didn’t inform her or an adult sister who lives nearby until accounts of the outbreak appeared in the media. Since then, in phone calls to on-site staff, Brewster has received reassurances but few details about what’s happening. 6park.com
“I’m just shocked. I just keep thinking if it was your parent, what would you expect?” Brewster said Wednesday. 6park.com
Springfield assisted-living unit closes to new admissions amid illness outbreak 6park.com
The complex is operated by Erickson Living, which serves about 24,000 people in a network of campuses for older people in 11 states. 6park.com
Courtney Benhoff, an Erickson Living spokeswoman, defended the company’s response. 6park.com
“Greenspring has been consistent and transparent in its communications to all residents, staff, family members and other stakeholders throughout," she said in an email, adding that the staff has kept the community informed through telephone calls, “in-house broadcast updates” and face-to-face conversations. She also said the Springfield location’s staff appears to be containing the infection, with no new cases reported in the past 24 hours and no new hospitalizations. Most of those residents who had been hospitalized have returned to Greenspring, and there have been no new illnesses among employees since Friday, Benhoff said. 6park.com
The notice that went out on July 10 from Donna L. Epps, an administrator at Greenspring, said several residents had been having symptoms of respiratory illness, including fever, coughing and body aches. Epps’s notice, which says the symptoms recede in about five to seven days with treatment but have caused pneumonia, also announced limits on visitors, enhanced sanitation measures and other steps. 6park.com
“You may have seen media reports referring to these illnesses as an ‘outbreak’, which we understand can be alarming,” Epps wrote in a follow-up on Friday that said 50 people had been sickened. “In this letter, I want to provide you with clarity, transparency and the reassurance that we are taking all of the proper precautions to safeguard the health of this community and the well-being of all who live and work here.” 6park.com
Late Tuesday, the Health Department gave an updated tally, saying 63 people in the assisted-living and skilled-nursing unit have become sick. The agency said there have been no new hospitalizations since 23 people were admitted after the outbreak began June 30. The agency was alerted to the outbreak on July 8. 6park.com
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6park.com6park.comBridgetfromMaryland 6park.com
9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comI work in senior living communities across the US - most CCRC’s run by mission based groups. ONE death alone in any community is not common! Outbreaks of unknown pathogens are NOT common. Don’t kid yourself in thinking this is a normal occurrence! 6park.comLikethumb_up1 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comI am a member of the large aggrieved family. I visit my mother several times a week. However, during the outbreak I was not permitted to visit. The bottom line is that Greenspring administration did a horrible job with communication to families. Midway through the episode when I was finally able to contact an administrator after multiple attempts I was told that there had not been any new cases in 48 hours and no employees had contracted the illness. The next communication from Greenspring (email) was five days later. This is the same day that media reports came out that the illness had spread to more residents and staff with sadly an additional death occurring.
The Greenspring Assisted Living staff and facility are great. But, Greenspring Administration's response to this frightening episode was abysmal. 6park.comLikethumb_up2 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comMy parents lived at Greenspring and, in total, I've probably stayed there two months. I can attest that they take communicable illnesses quite seriously. I was there during a less severe outbreak and observed the precautions taken. I can't cast aspersions but I have to wonder how frequently the aggrieved family visited or how involved they were. I can also attest that many of the residents aren't visited often. We should all be so fortunate to be able to afford to live there or someplace similar in our twilight years. This is a very sad situation, but unfortunately not an uncommon one in assisted living facilities. 6park.comLikethumb_up1 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
(Edited) 6park.com 6park.comIt would be nice to see WHAT they tested for.... It is "weird" that nothing popped up... Hoping also they ran their tests multiple times.. 6park.comLikethumb_up2 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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6park.com 6park.com6park.comcricket35 6park.com
9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comWould be curious to know if they tested for the norovirus . . . not sure if it leads to pneumonia but it spreads quickly and is highly contagious. 6park.comLikethumb_up2 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comThere's some really nasty lower respiratory stuff going around this area. I've had it for almost 2 1/2 week and when I went to my doc last week he said he's been seeing folks with the same thing all that week. If anyone with a compromised immune system gets this, they could be in trouble. 6park.comLikethumb_up3 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comas someone whose mother lived in a facility in Greenspring (not Greenfield -- fix the title on the home page -) I can assure you that if the families were notified they would have done little. There are almost no decent assisted care and nursing facilities in Northern VA. Greenspring is pricey. Very. So where are you going to put mom? Some would take her to their homes, but most would not. 6park.comthis is reality. 6park.comLikethumb_up4 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comIs that another "Benchmark" assisted living facility? 6park.comLikethumb_up2 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
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9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comI know of two couples living there. It is a great place and is clean and well run. The care given is top quality. I'm sure that they will get a handle on this 'outbreak'. It is a shame how the media has reported this. 6park.comLikethumb_up6 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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6park.com 6park.com6park.comjunkyardog 6park.com
9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comhow is it a shame? there's no way to get around that the outbreak is confined to the place, and the evidently the management didn't tell at least one person that their parent was infected. And the article did say this" Schwartz also reassured the public yet again that the company that operates Greenspring has been keeping the agency apprised of changes and carrying out stepped-up sanitary and cleaning measures to halt the infection, including limiting visitors, social gatherings, group dining and new admissions." 6park.comNot sure what magic fairyland you live in where this is reported but all mention of the place, interviews with family etc isn't part of the news. 6park.comLikethumb_up7 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comThe article did not say that the 89-year-old woman with dementia whose daughters were not informed had the infection— it said only that her daughters were not informed of the outbreak. 6park.comLikethumb_up5 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comLet's be realistic. Some children put their parents in assisted living and than rarely visit them or pay much attention to their parents. Not saying all children are like this but some do "warehouse" their parents. Greenspring should have informed the daughter but it's also the daughter's responsibility to be involved and keep tabs on the facility. 6park.comLikethumb_up1 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comI didn't "warehouse" my parents, avrilmai, and I visited them, staying overnight, once a week. Despite our closeness and my trips with them to their doctors - despite all the cherished memories I have of those days - they both died suddenly. I came to know quite a few of their neighbors, as well as several employees of the facility. My father, who was on hemodialysis at the time of his death, was unable to fight the infection which overcame him, despite hospitalization and admirable efforts on behalf of his doctors. Keeping "tabs on the facility" would not have prevented his death. If only... 6park.comLikethumb_up2 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comoh. my mistake....makes not a whit of difference as they should have been told in either case. 6park.comLikethumb_up 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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6park.com 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com6park.comUncleSamUSA 6park.com
9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comShame how the media is reporting this? People are dying. That's the point of the story. Not how the media is treating Greenspring. 6park.comLikethumb_up13 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comIt is indeed one of the good ones but that doesn't excuse them not informing family when the outbreak started to happen 6park.comLikethumb_up5 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comThey don't say whether it is bacterial, viral or a fungal. Most of these places are sealed, never get any fresh air, and have air ducts that blow all of this stuff around and recirculate it. 6park.comLikethumb_up4 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
(Edited) 6park.com 6park.comYes, that’s especially true of the memory care wings of CCRCs such as this one. Apparently the much larger independent living sections are not affected. If Greenspring is anything like its sister facility, Riderwood (which I toured many years ago when looking for a place for my mom), the assisted living and skilled nursing areas are geographically separate from independent living. 6park.comLikethumb_up1 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comI toured once and while walking the independent living section we didn't visit or see the assisted living section and it was referenced as if it was physically separate. 6park.comLikethumb_up1 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comThey don't say what's causing it because they don't know what is causing it yet: 6park.com"... tests, including those conducted on 17 samples by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have failed to identify a likely cause. " 6park.comLikethumb_up5 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
(Edited) 6park.com 6park.comThis is descriptive of a jail! Comment refers to places being sealed. 6park.comLikethumb_up 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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6park.com 6park.com6park.comnereid 6park.com
9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comMemory care units ARE like a jail. They are locked and even if they have outdoor terraces, the residents can’t get out of them. Not ideal, but try to come up with a better way to keep their residents from wandering off and getting hit by a car or worse. 6park.comLikethumb_up8 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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9 months ago
6park.com 6park.comThe newspaper article would be a lot more damning if a resident with dementia got out and was wondering the streets. 6park.comLikethumb_up6 6park.comLinklink 6park.com
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