Please take the time to thoroughly read and download the below COVID-19 associated files for all staff, residents, contractors, and related personnel.  This documentation contains updated additional strategies to minimize chances for exposure, key considerations for performing non-COVID-19 clinical care during the COVID-19 pandemic, including potential for patient harm if care is deferred and level of community  transmission, are summarized in the framework for healthcare systems providing Non-COVID-19 cinical care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cemeteries

Interments are offered the option of a committal service at the time of interment. Military funeral honors, customarily provided by the Department of Defense and volunteer honor guards will be based on local availability.

Listed below are guidelines to follow until further notice.  

• Services are 30 minutes, Monday – Friday, at 10am, 12pm, 2pm.Family and attendees must exit the cemetery at the conclusion of the service at half past the hour.
• Caskets & urns must be thoroughly disinfected before entering the cemetery.
• There is no limit on the number of attendees at a committal service.
• Cemetery chairs or podium will not be placed at the committal area.
• Next of Kin information will be given to funeral staff.
• Attendees aren’t permitted to handle or touch caskets or urns before, during or after the service.
• Attendees who are not vaccinated should wear a mask and maintain distance when they cannot maintain six feet of distance.
• Funeral flower arrangements are not permitted to be left during the committal service, but, families or funeral staff may place one arrangement on the gravesite after all services for the day have concluded.