COVID-19 Information

Schuyler Hospital has announced that they are discontinuing their COVID-19 testing site after March 25, 2022, due to reduced demand. Those wishing to be tested are being referred to the Cayuga Health Sampling Center located at The Shops at Ithaca Mall, 40 Catherwood Road, Ithaca.  Pre-register online at cayugahealth.org/ or through the Call Center, 607-319-5708.  […]

Monoclonal antibody treatment that can help COVID-19 patients who are at risk of getting very sick are now available at Cayuga Medical Center, Cortland Convenient Care, and Schuyler Hospital.

To all Seneca View Residents and Families: Please be advised that this week’s first testing has returned five positive COVID-19 results among our nursing home resident population. Families of the affected residents have already been contacted by our nursing team. These residents reside on one nursing unit in close proximity to each other and do […]

To all Seneca View Residents and Families: Please be advised that we have had a fully vaccinated nursing home staff member test positive for COVID-19 this morning.  As a result, the facility is returning to full isolation precautions to prevent any potential spreading.  Twice weekly testing of all staff and residents has also been resumed […]

June 15, 2021 To all Seneca View Residents and Families: We are pleased to inform you that there have been no new cases of COVID-19 amongst our residentand staff populations in several months. Seneca View remains off full isolation precautions on allnursing units and staff continue the wearing of surgical masks, plus eye protection while […]

Ensuring they meet NYS DOH Restricted Visitation Guidelines March 16, 2021 Montour Falls, NY – Schuyler Hospital announced today that they have resumed ‘limited’ visitation to Seneca View Skilled Nursing Facility following nearly a year-long shut down aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19. New York State health officials recently announced the new rules for […]

Dedicates much of CH Magazine issue to highlights and current status. 

To our Seneca View Residents, Families and Staff: Please be advised that the start of our visitation program must be delayed until the beginning of next week.  There have been no visits scheduled as we have been working hard to incorporate the new regulations into our visitation plan and have encountered some unexpected delays with […]

Will follow NYS Guidelines and Limit visit Time. March 2, 2021 Ithaca, New York – Cayuga Health announced today that it will resume its limited inpatient visitation policy due to the decrease of COVID-19 cases and declining hospitalizations within the community. Visiting Hours at Cayuga Medical Center (CMC) are Monday – Friday 3 p.m. – […]

February 26, 2021 To our Seneca View Residents and Families: In follow up to the Administrator Update earlier this week (copy attached) we are pleased to inform you that the Seneca View Restricted Visitation Program will be starting this coming Wednesday, March 3rd.  Facility staff will begin contacting families on Monday to offer opportunities to […]

To all Seneca View Residents and Families: Seneca View is pleased to inform you that there have been no new cases of COVID-19 amongst our resident population so far this year. In addition, there was only the one new staff positive case that we contacted you about in early/mid January. Seneca View has come off […]

Schuyler County COVID-19 Vaccine Update as of 2/11/2021Adults with certain health conditions will be eligible to register for clinics starting next week Schuyler County Public Health and Schuyler Hospital are providing an update on vaccination efforts in Schuyler County. To date, Schuyler County Public Health and Schuyler Hospital have provided 1,260 people with their first […]

Schuyler County, NY, February 3, 2021 – Schuyler County Public Health and Schuyler Hospital are informing community members that the vaccine clinic scheduled for today has been rescheduled due to winter weather. Appointments that were scheduled for today have been rescheduled to Friday at the same time and location. “Due to the weather, we have […]

Schuyler County, NY, January 13, 2021– Vaccination is currently open to individuals in Phases 1A and 1B. Eligible individuals are encouraged to make an appointment to get vaccinated by reaching out to their healthcare provider or pharmacist or registering for a clinic through Schuyler County Public Health’s website. Schuyler County Public Health (SCPH) and Schuyler […]

Now Offering Five Sampling Sites to Support to Our Communities’ Health December 31, 2020 Ithaca, New York –– Cayuga Health officials announced today that they will open two more COVID-19 sampling/testing locations – in Ithaca and Cortland on Monday, January 4th to help support increased demand in the area. The new Ithaca sampling site is located at […]

Seneca View Team Has Taken Steps to Contain December 21, 2020 Montour Falls, NY – Schuyler Hospital officials announced today that they are experiencing an increase in COVID-19 positive cases at the Seneca View Skilled Nursing Facility. Currently there are 18 known positive cases at Seneca View, 14 of these residents are experiencing no symptoms. […]

December 21, 2020 Ithaca, New York –– Cayuga Health officials announced today that Dr. Keith Lambert, ER Physician, Kate Rosa, RN, and Dr. Sushilkumar Satish Gupta, Pulmonologist/Critical Care Specialist, were among the initial Cayuga Health employees to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The frontline providers received the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine, as part of […]

November 10, 2020 To all Seneca View Residents, Families, and Staff: Since early October we have been contacting families weekly via phone to provide updates on our slowly evolving COVID-19 situation. Today, I am pleased to inform you that the affected nursing unit has not had any new occurrences of the virus for more than […]

Free Interactive Publication Features Print and Video Components to Enhance Connection to Patients and the Community

Cayuga Health is alerting the public that the Mass Sampling Center located at The Shops at Ithaca Mall parking lot, 40 Catherwood Road will be making a slight move to the back of the mall near the Regal Cinema entrance starting on Tuesday, September 8.

August 18, 2020 To our Residents and Family Members:                                                  Seneca View Residents Remain COVID-FREE Shortly after sending out our restricted visitation resumption announcement this past Friday, we learned that a staff […]

Daily data now available for tests taken at Mass Sampling Center 

Starting Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at 6 a.m., the entrance to Schuyler Hospital will be changed to the Main Lobby Entrance, where all outpatients and Medical-Surgical visitors will be screened for COVID-19 symptoms and risk factors, and temperatures taken. Emergency Department patients should continue to use the Emergency Department entrance. The Hospital Main Lobby Entrance […]

July 10, 2020 To all Staff, Residents, and Families: Today the Department of Health announced a program that provides for a limited reduction of nursing home visit restrictions.  Using the new guidelines, nursing homes must create and submit an application to DOH for approval.  Seneca View is in the process of learning about these new […]

Over $147,000 raised to replenish COVID-19 depleted funds.

Will follow NYS Guidelines and limit visit time.

SCHUYLER HOSPITAL POLICY & PROCEDURE POLICY STATEMENT: Separation of patients and their loved ones during a hospitalization can cause significant stress and anxiety, and the opportunity to visit hospitalized patients must be done in a manner that continues to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and ensure the health and wellbeing of patients, staff, and visitors. […]

Giving Day to Support COVID-19 Response Funds

Schuyler Hospital has announced that they are changing the hours for their COVID-19 Testing Site starting Wednesday, June 3, 2020. The testing site at 220 Steuben Street, Montour Falls – available to essential businesses – will be open Monday and Friday mornings, and Wednesday afternoons by appointment only. Businesses must pre-register by calling the Hospital […]

Businesses Must Pre-Register and Schedule Test Appointments

Cayuga Medical Center Is Prepared and Ready to Begin Servicing Surgical Patients The Week of May 4th,  Schuyler Hospital May 12th Cayuga Health announced today that they meet Governor Cuomo’s requirements to begin performing outpatient elective surgeries. Cayuga Medical Center will resume the week of May 4, 2020 and Schuyler Hospital on May 12th. The NYS […]

Cayuga Health Confronting COVID-19 ‘Head-On’ to Protect Local Communities & Beyond

Mobile Testing Unit Went to Seneca View in Schuyler County Today   April 20, 2020 Montour Falls, New York ––  Earlier today Cayuga Health deployed their mobile testing unit to test the residents of Schuyler Hospital’s Seneca View Skilled Nursing Facility for COVID-19. Cayuga Health is taking a proactive approach to testing at-risk individuals and […]

Patients encouraged to make appointments online today at www.cayugahealth.org/telehealth.

To our Residents and Family Members:  COVID-19 Prevention Efforts Update – April 10, 2020 We are pleased to inform you that our enhanced infection prevention measures remain in place and our facility is a COVID-19 Free location – in both our resident and staff populations.

You are invited to attend a special send-off event for the CAYUGA HEALTH SYSTEM HEROES

Volunteers and Equipment Needed for Second Cayuga Health Production Site   Schuyler Hospital is setting up a procedural mask production site in Montour Falls, and volunteers are needed.

April 2, 2020 To our Residents and Family Members: COVID-19 Containment Efforts Update Thank you all for your patience and assistance with our adoption of the stringent COVID-19 enhanced precautions at Seneca View. As you likely already know, these are required by the Centers for Disease Control, and the NY State Department of Health, and […]

March 23, 2020 Ithaca, New York –– Cayuga Health (CH) and Tompkins County officials announced today that they are opening a new COVID-19 sampling center location for patients who meet screening criteria for testing to handle more widespread screening. The Sampling Center will be open starting Tuesday, March 24 from 10am-3pm, Monday-Friday.

Effective Friday March 20, 2020, at 5 p.m., all non-essential surgeries have been postponed by 60 days due to COVID-19.  Cayuga Medical Center will continue to provide availability for emergent/urgent surgeries.

March 19, 2020 To our Residents and Family Members: COVID-19 Containment Efforts Update During these uncertain times I wanted to take a moment to provide you with an update of all the extra steps we have put in place to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19, to Seneca View. Following guidance issued by the […]

In response to the directive from NYS Department of Health, Cayuga Health is suspending all hospital visitation to Cayuga Medical Center and Schuyler Hospital.

Out of an abundance of caution for our patients and staff, on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, Schuyler Hospital will be implementing a policy of allowing only one visitor at a time for our patients in the Medical/Surgical and Emergency Departments.

Based on NYS Department of Health guidance, all visitation has been restricted for Seneca View Skilled Nursing Facility, except in limited situations.

Due to the increased risk to the elderly population for contracting COVID-19 (coronavirus), Seneca View Skilled Nursing Facility and Schuyler Hospital have implemented enhanced measures for visitors, effective Friday, March 13, 2020, at 5 a.m.