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Published by Halston Media, 2021-02-03 17:21:32

North Salem News 02.04.21

North Salem’s only weekly newspaper mailed to every home and business.

Vol. 6 No. 47 Visit TapIntoNorthSalem.net for the latest news. Thursday, February 4, 2021

Salem Hills designated Valentines for neighbors
COVID positive-only
facility BY CAROL REIF
STAFF WRITER

BY JODI WEINBERGER could put on its volunteer ambulance Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to Lauren Rosasco with the drop box for
EDITOR corps. share the love. Valentines.

e majority of residents at Salem “We have 126 patients coming in. e sweethearts at North Salem’s To suggest names of those who might
Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing A nursing home down in Long Is- Recreation Department have cooked up like a card, contact Rosasco at 914-669-
Center were moved to other facili- land had about 150 and had three a way to tell older adults, homebound 5783 or email recreation@northsalem-
ties recently to make room for nurs- 9-1-1 calls per day at the nursing residents and others who simply need ny.org.
ing home-eligible patients who test home,” Lucas wrote. “ e nursing some extra cheer how much they matter
positive for the coronavirus, the dis- home is contracted with...Westches- to the community. ey will be collect- If there are any left over, they will be
ease that causes COVID-19, but are ter EMS to be the rst ambulance ing Valentine’s greetings—both hand- dropped o at local nursing homes.
asymptomatic. dispatch...which makes it much eas- made and store-bought—and distribut-
ier for us. Other than that, we don’t ing them in time for the Sunday, Feb. ey would like to get them by Friday,
e nursing center received the have any issues.” 14, holiday. Feb. 5, so there is time to check inven-
state designation in late January and tory against the recipients’ list. But the
COVID-positive patients are ex- e designation is temporary, but e cards or notes don’t have to be timeline is a little exible, Rosasco said.
pected to be brought to the facility Maniscalco said it would stay in anything fancy and no treats are needed.
starting this week, according to Vin- place “while there is a community Valentine donors can sign up at www.
cent Maniscalco, the facility’s vice need.” “It’s the thought that counts,” said northsalemny.org/recreation. Follow the
president. recreation leader Lauren Rosasco on yellow buttons to register.
He said the in ux of COVID- Friday, Jan. 29, as she pasted red hearts
e 126-bed facility had 79 pa- positive patients would not impact and roses on the pink cardboard “mail-
tients. Of that number, 51 have been the overall numbers of those with box” that now sits outside the depart-
transferred to other facilities, Manis- coronavirus in North Salem reported ment’s o ce at Lobdell House, 270
calco said. In some cases, nursing by the county. Titicus Road.
home sta also were transferred to
make for a comfortable and seamless Maniscalco believes Salem Hills One of her favorite greetings so far is
transition. He said families were kept is one of the only sites in the Hud- a paper plate decorated with a crayoned
in the loop about the moves. son Valley to receive this designa- heart—clearly the handiwork of a small
tion from the state Department of child.
In an email, Supervisor Warren Health.
Lucas said the town was concerned e Cupid crew is hoping to gather
about the additional pressure this SEE SALEM HILLS PAGE 4 up a total of 150 Valentines so there will
be enough to give to all the folks on the
rec department’s senior programs list
and others.

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