Glens Falls Hospital Expands Visitation
Courtesy Glens Falls Hospital (2021)
Effective Friday, July 23, visitation will be expanded for hospital inpatients in a manner that maintains the safety of patients, visitors, and staff to contain the spread of COVID-19:
- Visiting hours will be 11am - 8pm, seven days per week.
- Each patient may have two visitors at a time. Visitors may leave and return, or may be replaced by a different visitor, however no more than two visitors will be allowed at a time.
- Visitors must be age 12 and older.
- Visitors will enter only through the West Entrance where they will be greeted and screened by security by answering a series of COVID exposure questions and if they recently had a fever.
- Visitors must wear a mask at all times and should bring their own personal mask.
- Visitors will be asked to use hand sanitizer at the screening station and practice good hand hygiene for the duration of their visit.
- There is no eating or drinking allowed in patient rooms at this time.
- For a delivery at the Joyce Stock Snuggery, expectant mothers may have up to two labor support people plus their spouse/support person. After delivery, and for the remainder of the hospital stay, visitors are welcome during regular visitor hours. The spouse/support person is welcome anytime for the duration of the mother’s and baby’s hospital stay.
- On the day of discharge from an inpatient stay, one visitor may accompany the patient for the discharge process outside of visiting hours.
- Visitation is also expanded to allow one visitor in the Emergency Department, outpatient testing areas, and physician offices (or two for pediatric patients) for the duration of a patient's stay outside of visiting hours. Emergency Department visitors may leave and return, or be replaced by a different visitor, however no more than one visitor will be allowed at a time.
- Visitors for patients who are receiving same-day surgical and procedural treatments may accompany them during admission and rejoin them for the discharge process. Those accompanying a same day surgical or procedural treatment patient my stay in the waiting area, Au Bon Pain, or the Cafeteria (which is now open for both visitors and staff).
Please understand that some patients may be excluded from visitation due to their medical condition or safety requirements. Additionally, those who do not follow the visitation guidelines will be asked to leave. We thank you for your cooperation.
Visitation for special areas related to pediatric patients, patients for whom a support person has been determined to be essential to the care of the patient, and patients in imminent end-of-life and compassionate exceptions remain unchanged.
Chapman Museum Announces Chapman Challenge
Courtesy Chapman Museum (2021)
Hovey Pond Ice Barn is part of the Chapman Challenge.
July 20--The Chapman Museum in Glens Falls announces the “Chapman Challenge”, a series of “missions” that relate to the people, places, and events that have shaped the histories of Glens Falls and Queensbury.
Sites include the Crandall Monument, 1980 Olympics Commemorative Torch, Floyd Bennett Airfield (Queensbury School Campus), and Hovey Pond.
Visit 20 out of 35 mission locations to complete the challenge and earn an official button along with recognition on our website list of finishers.
This activity is great for families looking for something fun and engaging to do over the summer vacation or for anyone looking to get outside and do some local exploration with a dash of history.
Young or old, area resident or visitor, this quest is for all! For guidelines and the list of missions go to the Chapman Museum website at www.chapmanmuseum.org , or stop by the museum.
The Chapman Museum, located at 348 Glen St, Glens Falls, NY, is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm.
Keeseville Community Arts Festival
Courtesy AdkAction (2021)
July 20--AdkAction is excited to share the return of our arts festival in the hamlet of Keeseville. The Keeseville Community Arts Festival is taking place from July 23-25, 2021. This celebration of arts and artists will fan out across the area, with several local organizations and businesses holding visual and performing arts events.
The festival is an expanded version of AdkAction’s Keeseville Plein Air Festival, which in past years has drawn an average of 25 artists and over 250 visitors to downtown Keeseville to celebrate the historic architecture, natural beauty, and sustainable agriculture in our community. This year’s event is designed to celebrate a wider variety of arts in the area, and aims to jumpstart community vitality in the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns and isolation.
For more information, read here.
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