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Keeping Staff and Residents Protected - Update on COVID-19 PPE Initiatives
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nKeeping Staff and Residents Protected - Update on COVID-19 PPE Initiatives\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nMISSISSAUGA, ON, April 22, 2020\n\n\n\nMISSISSAUGA, ON, April 22, 2020 /CNW/ - Chartwell Retirement Residences (\"Chartwell\") (TSX: CSH.UN) today issued the following statement from its CEO, Vlad Volodarski:\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nChartwell strongly believes that that personal protective equipment (\"PPE\") is a critical response measure in ensuring the safety of staff and residents and in minimizing the transmission of COVID-19. \nIn advance of the World Health Organization declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic, Chartwell accelerated our efforts to ensure the integrity of our pandemic supply chain to allow us to reliably source appropriate PPE to our staff.  In the face of a global disruption in supply chains and the significant challenges of sourcing PPE in the environment of increased worldwide demand, we immediately began working with a number of contingency suppliers. These efforts continue to date.\nToday, as a founding member, Chartwell is proud to announce our support and participation in a new national initiative – CAPES (Canadian Alliance to Protect and Equip Senior Living).  Earlier today, CAPES announced that they have processed more than 15 million pieces of PPE destined for retirement and long-term care homes across Canada. \nCAPES represents a group of senior housing operators, supported by a small group of sector volunteers and partners, who agreed to combine funds to act as a joint purchasing group to access a network of credible global suppliers and logistics channels. All CAPES members committed to overfund their PPE requirement by 35% to allow the excess supplies to be made available at cost to smaller operators across Canada through an online portal. Within a short time, the initiative has grown to a purchasing group of more than 25 Canadian retirement and long term care operators.  Chartwell will continue to contribute funds in advance for purchases by smaller oper...