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OUTBREAK,
The Oregon Department of Human Services is providing
notice Bonaventure of Keizer Assisted Living is being
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Monitored for
Exposure to COVID-19
never get through. I'm talking 20 times
I tried to call and I couldn’t get through,”
Kelly said.
Bonaventure said their telephone ser-
vice “has been experiencing sporadic out-
Notification Date: August 24, 2021
ages and we have notified the carrier.”
After being unable to reach anyone on
the phone, Kelly’s sister went to the facility
that night and a caregiver said her grand-
This notice shall be prominently posted on the inside and outside of all facility entrances and exits
mother had been in bed for two days with a
until further notice.
fever and a cough.
Kelly returned to the facility the next
For questions, email the
morning, and said the assistant director
Safety, Oversight & Quality Unit at
told her there was no documentation of
SOQ.LTCInfo@DHSOHA.state.or.us
her grandmother having a fever or of her
grandmother ever being tested for COVID. A reproduction of the sign that is on display on the front door of Bonaventure at Keizer Station.
As of Monday, Kelly said three differ-
Courtesy Oregon DHS
ent caregivers said her grandmother had a
fever but no one knew
if, or when, she was
requirements,” whenever there is a positive
tested for COVID.
COVID test.
I know there were people
Kelly said she was
Kelly, who is her grandmother’s ower of
told all Memory Care
attorney, was unaware of the outbreak at
in there who God only
residents are sup-
Bonaventure until she went to the facility
posed to be tested on
on Thursday, Sept. 9.
knows how sick they are
Saturdays.
The Salem-based company operates
or what's happening to
“Because of the
senior living communities throughout
outbreak and because
Oregon, Washington and Colorado and
them. And there's no
of the terrible use of
came under fire last month after a com-
personal protective
pany recruiter posted a video encouraging
one, there's no family
equipment that I have
unvaccinated health care workers to apply
following up.
witnessed, I think she
for work at Bonaventure.
probably
does
The recruiter, Shayna Hall, posted a
have
COVID,”
TikTok on July 29 addressing nurses and
Kelly said Friday.
caregivers who had quit or been fired for
“But I still can't
refusing to get a COVID vaccine.
figure out if she's
"I just wanted to tell you if you are a
Resident's granddaughter
been tested.”
nurse, a caregiver, a med tech, and you now
In response to a
need a new job because of this, hit me up,
list of written ques-
I'll hire you," Hall said.
tions, Bonaventure officials said there have vaccination rate among staff on Aug. 16.
At the time, Jeremiah Gray, divisional
“ We currently have in excess of 50% director of operations at Bonaventure,
been 22 COVID cases since Aug. 16, not
24 as OHA had reported. They also said of our team members vaccinated and will told the Salem Reporter that no prefer-
COVID was “introduced into Bonaventure meet the vaccination mandate by October ence would be given to job applicants
of Keizer on Aug. 19, 2021 by a fully vacci- 18. We do not know what contributed to based on their vaccination status. He also
nated person. It is likely that it was intro- the discrepancy of the OHA August 16th said Bonaventure doesn’t ask applicants if
report,” Bonaventure officials said.
duced by more than one source.”
they’ve been vaccinated.
According to an OHA spokesperson,
All 22 cases, according to Bonaventure,
That policy has changed since the Aug.
facilities self-report their own vaccination 16 story, according to Bonaventure officials,
are among residents.
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) rates and COVID cases.
who wrote in an email that “Bonaventure
Kelly said that while she has the ability only hires new employees who are vacci-
data on vaccination rates at long-term
care facilities, which was last updated Aug. to follow up on her grandmother’s health nated or willing to be vaccinated.”
16, shows that 34% of staff members at daily, not all residents are as fortunate.
Bonaventure officials also wrote in their
“I know there were people in there who response that team members are supplied
Bonaventure of Keizer are vaccinated. The
same data shows that 99% of residents are God only knows how sick they are or what's surgical masks, face shields, and gloves and
happening to them. And there's no one, are required to complete a daily COVID
vaccinated.
The vaccination rate of staff at the there's no family following up,” Kelly said.
screening form at the reception desk upon
Bonaventure officials said they “con- arrival.
Bonaventure of Keizer is the second-worst
among long-term care facilities in Marion tact the Power of Attorney or Primary
A caregiver that works intermittently
County. Another Bonaventure facility, Family Contact for each resident per for Bonaventure of Keizer as part of a nurse
Bonaventure of Salem, reported a 12% the Department of Human Services staffing program said she most recently
— AUBREY KELLY
worked at the facility two weeks ago. The
woman, who asked to remain anonymous
due to fear of repercussions at her job, said
she was never told of an outbreak or any
COVID positive residents.
“I’ve worked at some other facilities that
have had COVID patients. Part of the pro-
tocol is you have to get your temperature
taken and you have to wear a face shield
and a mask. And for some you even have to
do a rapid COVID test,” the caregiver said.
“I didn’t have to do any of that when I was
working at Bonaventure. I just went in and
I think I only wore the face mask all day and
no one even mentioned any residents hav-
ing COVID.”
Bonaventure said on Tuesday, Sept.15,
that “only three residents are ‘Active Cases’
and we fully anticipate that within the
next week we will have zero active cases of
Covid-19 at Bonaventure of Keizer.”
OHA weekly outbreak data is released
after press time.
By press time on Wednesday, Kelly
said she still hadn’t been told if her grand-
mother’s COVID test had come back posi-
tive or not.
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or 616-610-3093.