Legacy Senior Living Welcomes National Guard Infection-Control Team to Legacy Village at Park Regency

CLEVELAND, Tenn. (April 28, 2020) – As a precautionary step, the Georgia National Guard is providing the services of an infection-control team to all senior living facilities in the state. Legacy Senior Living welcomes this important service to all communities located in the state of Georgia. This service is being provided to senior living facilities across the state in an effort to control the spread of COVID-19.

Today, the Georgia National Guard completed infection control measures at Legacy Village at Park Regency, located in Moultrie, Ga. Legacy Senior Living’s other Georgia facilities have already been visited by the infection-control team of the Georgia National Guard. Those facilities include:

* Grace Senior Living of Douglasville - Douglasville, Ga.

* Renaissance Marquis - Rome, Ga.

* Legacy Village at Tifton - Tifton, Ga.

* Legacy Village at Plantation Manor - Thomasville, Ga.

“We are thankful for the National Guard’s service to our residents. Out of an abundance of caution for everyone in our facility, we are taking advantage of the Georgia National Guard’s new disinfectant services for senior living and nursing home facilities across the state as a safeguard to protect all residents and caregivers,” said Allen Chambers, executive director of Legacy Village at Park Regency.

Three weeks ago Governor Brian P. Kemp and Georgia National Guard Adjutant General Tom Carden announced plans to activate and deploy special National Guard teams to provide disinfection and enhanced sanitation services to senior living facilities and nursing homes. The teams use a disinfectant process which incorporates a solution approved by the EPA, following protocols of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state health department. These processes have already been used to safely disinfect several state facilities.

“Since late February when the COVID-19 threat was made public, Legacy Village at Park Regency has been taking extraordinary and unprecedented precautions to protect residents, keep team members healthy, and limit unnecessary access to our facility; which we believe has significantly limited the opportunity for exposure. All staff continue to follow proper infection control protocols,” said Chambers.

Preparations and Training across All 14 Sister Facilities

Legacy Senior Living has trained its staff on all relevant policies, which have been implemented throughout the company’s 14 senior living facilities. Those measures include daily reviewing changing conditions or the presence of respiratory illness in those communities on every shift. Staff also participate in calls with government and healthcare partners to understand the latest updates and current information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Additional information will be posted at www.legacysl.net/coronavirus. More information is available by contacting Legacy Senior Living, (423) 478-8071.

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