Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Meeting And Listening To Roosevelt Island Coler Nursing Home Residents And Supporters Seeking Solutions To Ending Year Long Isolation, Quarantine & Infection Risk From Covid 19 Pandemic

Roosevelt Island's Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney met with and listened to Coler Nursing Home residents today 

seeking solutions to end their year long isolation, quarantine and infection risk from the Covid 19 Pandemic.

 

Roosevelt Island Coler Nursing Home resident @opendoorsnyc poet Peter Yearwood closes meeting today with Congresswoman @RepMaloney by reciting his poem about recent #Nursinghomelivesmatter vigil at Coler. 2/2 pic.twitter.com/oBblbKrqVA

— Roosevelt Islander (@Rooseveltisland) March 29, 2021

Stay tuned for more. 

UPDATE 9;30 PM - According to a Coler source:

March 5th - 12th - 1 newly diagnosed positive resident, 1 newly diagnosed positive staff,

March 13th - 19th - 1 newly diagnosed positive resident, 1 newly diagnosed positive staff

March 20 - 26th - 0 newly diagnosed positive residents, 13 newly diagnosed positive staff 

Closed for visitation until April 4th

TOTAL COVID CASES SINCE JANUARY 3RD:

• 13 RESIDENTS
• 66 STAFF

GRAND TOTAL: 79 positive cases since January 3rd. 

Many of the units remain quarantined because of exposure to positive staff. 

375 days of confinement so far.

Also, during tonight's meeting, Roosevelt Island resident and Coler Auxiliary Volunteer Judy Berdy describes efforts to make life better for Coler Nursing Home residents.

UPDATE 3/30 - A Coler source reports:

Coler is now OPEN for outdoor visits! Indoor visits will resume on April 14th. Appointments need to be made with Social Work department. I'm sure there are caveats (such as quarantined residents) but at least it's a start!