St. Michael's House #Covid-19 update - 2021
We are nearly a full year of Covid-19 in St. Michael' House. We are working with the HSE and Public Health Services throughout the National Pandemic.
We wish to keep you updated . Please share this information with anyone linked to our services.
Families are working with the staff teams at a local level but if there are any additional questions - info@smh.ie
St.Michael's House ( SMH ):
- Covid-19 Steering Group continues to monitor Covid-19, PPE gear, contact tracing, restricted movements and self isolation and other evolving elements of the Covid-19 National Pandemic of staff and service users
- have set up an internal SMH Vaccination Group to manage service user and staff Covid-19 vaccinations across St. Michael's House services
- CEO, Liz Reynolds is sitting on the National Federation of Voluntary Bodies Board which is advocating for disability groups to be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccinations 2021.
- welcomed HSE DNCC (Dublin North City and Country ) to SMH Ballymun on January 27th for the vaccination of 47 service users from Residential settings that are over 65 years in line with HSE guidelines
- Speech and Language Department have produced an Easy to Read Guide on Covid-19 Vaccination process
- have worked with HSE DNCC and vaccinated 415 SMH frontline staff at short notice
- have trained and informed all SMH staff on staff vaccination registration with the HSE
- are working with HSE on keeping essential Day Services open in Level 5 Restrictions
- Activity Hub launched the Active Social Club on 18th January and 395 adults participated in a range of activities in the first two weeks of launching.
- have introduced Browsealoud to our external website ( www.smh.ie) for audio and visual improvements for people with disabilities to access our website more during Covid-19
- CEO has written out to Families to keep them informed of Covid-19 updates on a monthly basis
Families are working with the staff teams at a local level but if there are any additional questions - info@smh.ie