“All of our staff were really confident in the vaccine in the beginning so most of us were already vaccinated,” Kristin Cronk said on Thursday. “We had a very high vaccination rate to start with so fortunately for us it has not affected our staffing.”
All of the building’s 65 residents and all but two of the 50 employees have received the vaccine, she said, “and we’re working on the last two right now.”
“Vaccination-wise we’re doing really well. We’ve never had a COVID case to date in this building,” she added.
Cronk said The Manor House is experiencing the same staffing issues that similar agencies are experiencing, but noted they are not related to the vaccine mandate.
When asked about applying for financial relief from New York State, she said she is looking into that.
“Relief is something that many of the buildings are advocating for, especially because a lot of the employees, us included, had to cover the cost for their testing – when we did have to do testing for so long,” she said. “That’s something that is very important to us but we haven’t gotten very far on that yet.”
Human Resources Director Renee Arieno commended The Manor House team “for keeping our residents safe.”
“We’re really fortunate that we’re not experiencing the hardships that others are with the vaccine mandate,” she said.
A private-pay facility, The Manor House offers 89 studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, which are rented on a monthly basis. Employees include licensed practical nurses, aides, receptionists, cooks, housekeepers, servers and security.
Currently, 12 apartments are available, Cronk said.
