CSA Eldercare
Covid-19 Facts
Keeping our Clients, Caregivers, and Neighbors safe during COVID-19 containment efforts.
We are 100% vaccinated and will obtain boosters when recommended by the C.D.C.
We are being proactive in out response to COVID-19.
Getting the COVID-19 facts to our clients and staff.
• We provide regular updates to our Team from the CDC and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
• We have developed a procedure for our 24/7 On-Call team to address all
potential scenarios of exposure or development of symptoms
of COVID-19 (for Clients and employees).
How can you help prevent the spread of COVID-19?
Pay attention to the FACTS.
• Carefully select your sources, and remember that news outlets are looking for ratings! Avoid clickbait.
• Avoid getting info from people who pretend to be “an expert”. Rely on the REAL experts. Not Facebook.
Protect Yourself And Your Family.
• COVID-19 is an airborne virus. Contaminated nasal, lung, and oral
secretions make their way into the air and onto hands and surfaces.
• Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue. Dispose of tissue and wash hands.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
If soap and water are not available, use a hand sanitizer that contains a minimum of 60% alcohol.
If soap and water are not available, use a hand sanitizer that contains a minimum of 60% alcohol.
• Keep a bottle of hand sanitizer available at each entrance to your home,
and in your car for use after getting gas or touching other public surfaces.
• Frequently disinfect surfaces throughout your home,
including light switches, doorknobs, faucets, and other often touched places.
• Use disinfectant wipes at stores. Bring your own in case the store has none available.
Always be sure to disinfect the handle and child seat in grocery carts.
Always be sure to disinfect the handle and child seat in grocery carts.
• Avoid shaking people's hands... they understand!
• Keep your hands AWAY from face.
• Make sure to keep children’s hands clean, and consider avoiding their public exposure as much as possible.
• Open doors with a paper towel, closed fist, shoulder, or hip.
Do not grasp the handle with your hand unless there is no other way... and then find a way to wash your hands immediately.
Do not grasp the handle with your hand unless there is no other way... and then find a way to wash your hands immediately.
Follow the Current Recommendations.
• We recommend both our clients and staff follow
strict social distancing guidelines. .
• Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue. Dispose of tissue and wash hands.
• Avoid all group events, public or private.
• Maintain maximum self-care:
Get plenty of sleep, eat a healthy diet, and stay hydrated.
Be certain to properly manage prescription medications, and be aware of
the onset of any symptoms related to the COVID-19 virus.
• Avoid in-person social interactions as much as possible. Communicate
with family and friends by email, telephone, or online video chat.
• Limit your visitation with frail or elderly people.
If you must visit for the delivery of meals or other necessities,
minimize your face-to-face time.
Who is most at risk? What should you do if you think you’ve been exposed to COVID-19?
Who is most vulnerable?
• Those with chronic conditions.
• Elders or others who are frail.
• Those currently ill or recovering from other illnesses.
• Those who have recently had surgery.
•Those who are “immuno-compromised”, such as organ transplant recipients and those undergoing
chemotherapy or cancer treatment.
Do you suspect exposure?
• Many Health Care Providers are not
seeing patients in their offices, especially if they suspect they have been exposed to COVID-19.
Instead, they are suggesting voluntary quarantine, or “Self-Quarantine”, for fourteen days.
• Notify your Provider if you suspect exposure to COVID-19, as they are keeping
important statistics for the Department of Public Health.
• If you develop symptoms of fever, dry cough, shortness of breath,
or any significant change in your regular health status, inform your healthcare provider!
• If you become ill and need medical attention, notify your Health Care Provider.
They will direct you accordingly.
• Notify those you have been in close contact with if you are
confident you have been exposed to someone who has tested positive
for the COVID-19 virus. Recommend that they notify their Health Care Provider.
CSA Eldercare
Formerly known as Carol Seager Associates
68 Hubbardston Rd. ● Princeton, MA 01541 ● (508) 755-7133
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