Click here to view Asbury’s recent communication about the latest CDC mask guidance.

In addition to continuously monitoring and abiding by the recommendations put forth by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), each Asbury community’s visitation availability will be determined by the local counties infection rate percentage. Current infection rate for Montgomery County: 7.49%. 

Screening

All Asbury Methodist Village associates will continue to screen and wear masks at all times while working across all levels of care on campus. We will continue to review this requirement regularly and will incorporate the CDC and local and state departments of health guidance for healthcare workers.

As of July 1, 2021, family members or visitors will not need to screen in unless going into Assisted Living or Skilled Nursing, or other venues with special signs and designations on campus.

For those planning to visit when/where screening is required, please go here, https://bit.ly/AsburyEntryPass, to fill out the online screening form and then do the temperature check at the appropriate community entrance.

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Residential Living

Residents may continue to welcome guests to their home with no time limitations, including overnight visits.

• Masking & Screening
  • Fully vaccinated Residential Living (RL) residents are no longer required to wear a mask indoors or outside, or to “screen in” when coming or going on campus, or when dining, attending group activities, etc. (While mask-wearing is not required, it is still recommended by the CDC.)
    • Some caveats to this are:
      • Residential Living residents entering Wilson Health Care Center, Kindley Assisted Living, or the Russell Avenue Café must continue to mask, socially distance, and screen in prior to entering these locations as they are all considered health care facilities.
      • Residential Living residents must wear a mask while in campus salons.
      • Residential Living residents must wear a mask if using campus transportation.
      • Residents are encouraged to continue to practice social distancing and good hand hygiene for the safety of all.

• Extended stays off campus
  • Those that are fully vaccinated will not be asked to quarantine upon return from a stay off campus (vacations, overnight visits with family, etc.).  If you are not vaccinated and please inform Stephanie Sabine upon your return (301-216-4337 or SSabine@Asbury.org) as quarantine may be recommended.

• Returns from the Hospital
  • Those that are fully vaccinated will not be asked to quarantine after a hospital stay.
  • If you are not vaccinated and are in the hospital for 24 hours or longer, please inform Stephanie Sabine (301-216-4337 or SSabine@Asbury.org) as quarantine may be recommended.

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Kindley Assisted Living

CURRENT STATUS:  (Updated: 7/31/2021)

• NO INDOOR VISITATION at the time as even one positive case is considered “COVID-19 Outbreak Status”
• Floor 1:   Is CLOSED for Indoor Visitation & is CLOSED for Group Activity Participation and Communal Dining
• Floor 2-6:   Are CLOSED for Indoor Visitation but are Opened for Group Activity Participation and Communal Dining

Visit Criteria:

• In-person visits can occur for patients that are COVID-19 negative or COVID-19 recovered. Patients that are COVID-19 positive or persons in transmission-based precautions will continue to receive virtual visits.
• Outdoor visits are preferred whenever possible, as this is the safest way to prevent exposure of the residents to Covid-19. Indoor visitation will be allowed for residents regardless of vaccination status except in the following situations:
  • Unvaccinated residents, if the center’s county positivity rate is > 10% and <70% of residents in the center are fully vaccinated.
  • Residents with confirmed COVID-19 infection, whether vaccinated or not until they have met the criteria to discontinue transmission-based precautions.
  • Residents in quarantine, whether vaccinated or not, until they have met criteria for release from quarantine.
• Indoor visitation during an outbreak will be suspended until the center completes at least one round of center-wide testing. Visitation can resume based on the following criteria:
  • If the first round of outbreak testing reveals no additional COVID-19 cases in other areas of the center, then visitation can resume for residents in areas/units with no COVID-19 cases. Visitation in affected units will be suspended until the center meets the criteria to discontinue outbreak testing.
  • If the first round of outbreak testing reveals one or more additional COVID-19 cases in other areas of the center, then the center should suspend visitation for all residents (vaccinated and unvaccinated) until the center meets the criteria to discontinue outbreak testing.

Visiting the Community:

• Please continue to check the Asbury Methodist Website prior to your visit to ensure the facility is currently allowing indoor visitation based on the parameters above. The most up to date information is on the Asbury Methodist Village website under the Events and Resources tab, Friends & Family page.  Or go to:  https://www.asbury.org/asbury-methodist-village/resources-events/family-friends/
• Reservations ARE NOT REQUIRED at this time for Outdoor Visitation. Please note, we are not allowing Overnight Visitors currently.
• Visitors (INCLUDING OUTDOOR VISITORS) must complete the pre-screen paperwork ahead of time by visiting: https://bit.ly/AsburyEntryPass.
• Outdoor in-person visits are limited to a max of 2 visitors at a time per resident or per more restrictive state guideline. Visitors ages 12 and up are welcome. Please contact our Resident Services Director: Ann Giaquinto Andrea@Asbury.orgor 301-216-4305 if you need to discuss further accommodations.

Visitor Screening/Arrival:

• Visitors must comply with the screening process, including a temperature check at the kiosk. If the visitor triggers yes for any screening questions or has had close contact with someone with COVID-19 infection in the prior 14 days (regardless of vaccination status) the visit will not occur to reduce the risk of spread/exposure to COVID-19.
• Visitors are not required to be tested or vaccinated prior to scheduled visit. However, we strongly encourage visitors to be tested prior to visit and obtain vaccination when able to decrease the risk of exposure to your loved one. Please see attached information on COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites in the area.
• Sign in on the Visitor Log attesting that you have read and reviewed the visitor guidelines and COVID-19 education and agree to comply.
• Please observe the following COVID-19 Precautions when visiting:
  • Wear a mask that covers the nose and mouth during visit. If you don’t have a mask, one will be provided.
  • Complete hand hygiene before and upon completion of the visit.
  • Maintain social distancing of at least six (6) feet during the entire visit. If a resident is fully vaccinated, the resident can choose to have close contact (including touch) with their visitor while wearing a well-fitting face mask and performing hand hygiene before and after touching. Visitors should otherwise maintain physical distance from other residents and staff in the designated visiting area. Visitors must stay in the designated visitation area during the entire visit.
  • No smoking is allowed. AMV is a smoke-free campus.
  • Avoid touching your face or adjusting your mask. If you note that this has occurred, sanitize your hands using the sanitizing station/hand sanitizer.
  • When a visitor and the resident are both fully vaccinated, while alone in the patient/resident’s room or the designated visitation room, patients/residents and their visitor(s) can choose to have close contact (including touch) and to not wear source control.
  • Visitors are asked to monitor themselves for signs and symptoms of COVID-19 such as temperature, fever/chills, cough, shortness of breath, fever, nausea, vomiting, headache, runny nose/congestion, fatigue, muscle/body aches, and new loss of taste or smell for 14-days after your visit and notify the center if signs or symptoms develop or if you receive confirmation that you have tested positive for COVID-19 or if you receive confirmation that you have been exposed to another individual who has tested positive for COVID-19.
• Visitors may bring food/drink for the patient if allowed per state guideline. Food and drinks must meet diet consistency/texture per physician order and cannot be shared.
• Surfaces are sanitized between visits using EPA approved disinfectants to reduce the risk of exposure or transmission of COVID-19.
• If observed to not follow visitor guidelines, staff may provide redirection or terminate the visit to reduce the risk of exposure or transmission of COVID-19.

 Please review the visitor guidelines here: VisitorGuidelinesMay282021

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Wilson Health Care Center:

Scheduling A Visit

• SignUps are still required for visitation.
• We have updated time slots to allow more visits during the day and added additional times for visits. Families and friends will not have a limit on how many days they can visit per week, visits will continue to be for 1 hour. If you have any questions or concerns about visits, please contact the Activity Coordinator on your loved ones floor.
  • 1st Floor Virtual Visit: Murvell Delpino, mdelpino@asbury.org
  • 2nd Floor Virtual Visit: Chenika Johnson, cjohnson@asbury.org
  • 3rd Floor Virtual Visit: Natesha Williams, NaWilliams@asbury.org
  • 4th Floor Virtual Visit: Karla Orellana Jones, KOrellana@Asbury.org

   

Please use the following link to make your reservation:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d48aca62ba4fac07-august

• You must make a reservation at least two days in advance with the link above prior to arriving on campus. Unscheduled visits are unable to be accommodated.
• We ask that you reach out to the coordinators listed below if all slots are booked so that we can add you to the wait list
• Visitors are limited to two per resident. Visitors must be 12 years of age or older.

Prior To Your Visit

• Prior to your arrival, click this link to answer our screening questions (Chrome or Safari are the preferred web browsers). If you pass the screening questions, please print the results and continue onto the campus. Complete a temperature check at the Kiosk. If temperature is within normal limits, proceed to the desk to sign the visitor log, obtain a visitor pass, wristband, and copy of visitor guidelines. Your visitor badge and wristband must be worn at all times during the visit.
• Parking will be available in front of Wilson Health Care Center.
• We are happy to welcome you for the 1 hour time slot allotted for your visit; other residents and family members have visits scheduled before and after. Please be mindful of your scheduled timeframe so that all residents may enjoy their visits as planned. Arriving on time will ensure your ability to visit your loved one. We recommend that you arrive early due to the screening process.
• Residents on transmission based precautions (droplet precautions) may not participate in in-person visits until a physician has determined that the isolation precautions are no longer needed and the resident is able to leave the room, or the resident is at the end of life.
• Please review the visitor guidelines here: Click to read complete visitor guidelines

Dining Services

All Residential Living Dining Rooms and the Blue Note Bistro are open at 75% capacity; takeout and delivery options continue.

• Crawford ordering for Edwards Fisher, Mund, Trott, Courtyard Homes & Villas Residents:
  • Call x4711 to place your order by 3 p.m. Please leave a message with your name and phone number if you receive our voicemail. Your phone call will be returned. (Sunday orders must be placed by 11 a.m.)
  • For residents of Edwards-Fisher, Mund, and Trott, you may also fill out the order forms located in the basket at the elevator on each floor. Place the completed order form in the basket marked “completed orders” by 3 pm. Residents of Courtyard Homes & Villas must place orders by phone.
  • The full Crawford Dining Room menu will be offered.
• Hefner ordering for Diamond and Wallace Residents:
  • Call x4713 by 11 a.m. for lunch orders and by 3 p.m. for dinner orders. Please leave a message with your name and phone number if you receive our voicemail. Your phone call will be returned. (Sunday orders must be placed by 11 a.m.)
  • Residents may also fill out the order forms located in the basket at the elevator on each floor. Place the completed order form in the basket marked “completed orders” by 11 a.m. for lunch and Sunday orders, and 3 p.m. for dinner orders.
  • The full Hefner Dining Room menu will be offered.
• Blue Note ordering for Diamond and Wallace Residents:
  • Call x5010 by 11 a.m. for lunch orders and by 3 p.m. for dinner orders. Please leave a message with your name and phone number if you receive our voicemail. Your phone call will be returned.
  • The full Blue Note Menu will be offered. (alcohol excepted)
• Park View ordering:
  • Call x4735 by 3 p.m. to place your dinner order. Please leave a message with your name and phone number if you receive our voicemail. Your phone call will be returned.
  • Residents may also fill out the order forms located in the basket at the elevator on each floor. Place the completed order form in the basket marked “completed orders” by 3 p.m.
  • The full Park View Dining Room menu will be offered.
  • Park View residents may order Saturday dinner and Sunday noon meal by ordering from the Crawford Dining Room (see instructions above).
• The Rosborough Shoppe
  • Monday – Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for up to 5 residents at a time.

Wellness Services

The Wellness Center and Pool are open by reservation and the Fitness Center is being used to hold small circuit-style classes. In-person fitness classes are being held for up to 25 people, Mondays through Fridays, in Rosborough Community Rooms, Parker Hall, Hefner Auditorium and the gym (check wellness calendar and campus newsletter for details). The campus grounds and the exercise stations around the pond are open. Many fitness classes, programs, clubs, and events are also available via our AVTV television station. For questions about scheduling and information, call Belinda Degboe at 301-987-6444, bdegboe@asbury.org.

Our smaller gyms in the apartment buildings are open and Wellness team members will assist residents upon request. To use these satellite gyms, residents need to  be screened by their concierge and have temperature checks. It is very  important to sign the attendance sheet in the gym to help the Wellness team track usage. All equipment MUST be  wiped down by the resident after use.  Detailed instructions will be posted at each location with contacts for assistance.

Asbury Television Studio (AVTV) and Programs

For program schedules and information, visit the AVTV website or contact Joon Kim at 301-987-6266 or jkim@asbury.org.

Residential Common Areas and Amenities

Shopping Shuttle available. By reservation only – sorry, no exceptions. Call 301-216-4019 to make a reservation. Masks must be worn. Wipes, hand sanitizer recommended for store carts.

Banking at Sandy Spring Bank is open for appointments Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please call 301-987-6104 to schedule.

Computer Centers at Rosborough and Diamond are open. Residents must follow sanitizing procedures.

Ecumenical services are being televised on AVTV. Pastoral care calls and visits are ongoing.

Our virtual Farmer’s Market is open and delivers on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Contact ScenicViewOrchards.com to place an order.

Hair salons are open by appointment only, and residents must wear a mask.

• Mund Salon: 301-216-4242
• Diamond Salon: 301-216-4191
• Kindley and Wilson Salons: closed

Housekeeping services are available through Asbury Methodist Village, 301-216-5484, or through external vendors. Visitor and screening guidelines must be followed for external vendors.

Gardens are open.

Keese School of Continuing Education lectures are being livestreamed via AVTV. Visit KeeseSchool.org for a schedule.

Libraries are open. Please follow sanitation, physical distancing, and masking protocols.

Meeting spaces are open.

Rosborough Theater is open for up to 100 people at a time.

Wildlife Preserve, trails and outdoor seating areas are open.

Wood Shops are open. Screening guidelines must be followed.

Campus Health Services & Clinics

Blood pressure checks are available through our partnership with Interim HealthCare at Asbury every Friday from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon with the location rotating between the lower level of the Diamond building and the Apartment Center.

The Outpatient Physician Clinic in the Wilson Health Care Center is accepting appointments from all residents. Call 301-987-6282.

Interim HealthCare at Asbury provides in-home personal care services. Call 240-753-6100.

Asbury Home Health Services provides physician-prescribed home health services. Call 301-216-5697.

CVS Pharmacy delivers to residents’ doors and offers limited in-store service. Call 301-216-4372.

Holy Cross Health Partners at Asbury Methodist Village is seeing patients in-person and offering telehealth visits. Call 301-216-5800.

Rehab1st Outpatient Rehabilitation Services is open. Call 301-987-6170.

Mail, Packages & Groceries

Mail and Packages: Mail delivery is being handled as normal. For residential living, please use street address and apartment or house number. For Kindley Assisted Living and Wilson Health Care Center please use street address and suite number.

Online Groceries: For apartments, deliveries are made to the resident’s lobby. Courtyard Homes and Villa residents receive deliveries directly.

The Rosborough Shoppe is open Monday – Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for up to 5 residents at a time. A selection of fresh groceries and to-go meals are available for purchase with residents’ Point of Sale cards or credit cards. No cash accepted as part of our safety precautions. Grocery deliveries from the Shoppe are discontinued.

Testing is an important component of our COVID-19 prevention strategy. We are pleased to share some outstanding results for Asbury Methodist Village and the Asbury system. To date, Asbury has conducted just over 100,700 COVID-19 tests at our communities with a positivity rate of  just 0.77 percent. This compares to a national positivity rate of 7.6 percent. At Asbury Methodist Village, we have conducted 32,332 tests with a positivity rate of just 0.6 percent.

Associates at Wilson Health Care Center and Kindley Assisted Living undergo weekly testing. Residents of Wilson Health Care Center and Kindley Assisted Living undergo testing as ordered by a physician and/or as instructed by the Maryland Department of Health.

Residential Living: A resident who believes they may have been exposed to COVID or is showing symptoms recognized by the CDC as being possible markers of COVID-19, should contact their physician for testing or visit a local testing center. Please also notify Stephanie Sabine at 301-216-4337 or ssabine@asbury.org, so that we may begin immediate contact tracing.

Assisted Living or Skilled Nursing: Residents are monitored daily for any signs identified as potentially symptomatic of COVID-19 per CDC guidelines. Additional measures are implemented in line with Asbury’s system-wide infection-control algorithm, including quarantine in a specially designed area of the building.

Main Reception/Gatehouse: 301-216-4001

Executive Director Michele Potter, 301-216-4038, mpotter@asbury.org

Kindley Assisted Living Administrator LaToya Brown, 301-987-6101, lnbrown@asbury.org

Kindley Director of Nursing Theresa Johnson, 301-987-6225, tljohnson@asbury.org

Wilson Health Care Center Administrator Rachel Karish, 301-216-4085, rkarish@asbury.org

Asbury Home Health Services Liaison Kevilin Prah, 301-216-5697, kprah@asbury.org

Campus Information and Communications Manager Jeanne Dimmick (for edits to this page): 301-216-4729, jdimmick@asbury.org