• Lewinsville Adult Day Health Care reopens on Monday, August 23, 2021
• The Herndon, Mount Vernon and Lincolnia Centers reopen on Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Lewinsville Adult Day Health Care is opening first to pilot the program’s new health and safety strategies. It was selected for the pilot because the center is the largest physical space of the four centers. During the two week pilot period, program staff will evaluate the new strategies and refine accordingly, so that best practices can be universally applied across the other three centers.

Adult Day Health Care program leadership selected this reopening timeframe for several reasons.

• We are able to safely provide service to our participants. The combination of vaccination of the older adult population and staff with mitigation strategies ensures our ability to care for the health of our participants
• Staff is available. During the pandemic, almost all Adult Day Health Care staff were assigned to assist the Fairfax County Health Department with COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and other aspects of the emergency. Now, the pandemic response operation is able to release these staff members back to Adult Day Health Care to continue their work with the service.
• Vaccination rates among the local older adult population are high: This ensures greater protection for participants at our centers.

We are looking forward to reconnecting with our participants and caregiver and providing this essential service.

Protective gear requirements may vary based on the staff contact with the client. When staff is engaging in personal care or medical care with a client, full protective gear (N-95 face mask, face shield and gloves) are applied.

Yes. Per the CDC, recommendation is that any health care setting people wear a mask regardless of vaccination status.

Yes. Per the CDC, recommendation is that any health care setting people wear a mask regardless of vaccination status.

Caregivers will be required to complete a daily health screen for the participant each day they are at the center. Adult Day Health Care is a health care service with a nurse onsite each day, all day. That said, anyone who presents with a health issue – whether it is COVID-19 or something else – will be assessed by our nurse and appropriate action will be taken. As always, caregivers must be attentive to the health of their loved one and keep them home if they have any signs of illness.

Any participant who presents with COVID-19 symptoms will be separated from others at the center and their family will be called to pick them up. In the meantime, the participant will be cared for by a member of our team. Each center has a designated room for these situations so the ill individual can safely be separated from others. Before the participant can return to the center, they must be medically assessed and have a negative COVID-19 test. Those positive for COVID-19 will follow isolation and quarantine guidelines before being cleared to return to the center. Those participants with a negative test result will be permitted to return 24 hours after they are fever-free. Participants with COVID-19 symptoms who are not tested can return 10 days after they are fever-free for 24 hours.

Adult Day Health Care has always followed a strict protocol for deep cleaning and disinfection of its centers. Given the pandemic, these procedures have been elevated even more to include:

• Enhanced Cleaning of high contact areas, door handles, counter tops, hand railings, and other high-touch areas in between center activities
• Thorough center cleaning by a professional company daily after the center closes
• Hand sanitizer stations throughout the center, and staff regularly distribute hand sanitizer to participants