COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

July 28, 2023

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

April 10, 2023

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

January 9, 2023

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive patient COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

January 2, 2023

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

December 15, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive patient COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

December 9, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

December 8, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee and one positive patient COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

September 19, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

August 26, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

August 24, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee and one positive patient COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

August 20, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive patient COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

August 17. 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced three positive employees COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

August 16. 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

August 4, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced two positive employees COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

July 26, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive patient COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

July 16, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

July 6, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

July 2, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

July 1, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

June 23, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 on June 22, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

June 16, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive patient COVID-19 on June 16, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

June 10, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 on June 9, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

June 9, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 on June 3, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

May 27, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 on May 26, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

May 26, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive patient COVID-19 on May 24, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

February 2, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive patient COVID-19 today and one positive employee on January 28, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

January 26, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

January 19, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced two positive patients COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

January 18, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

January 14, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced two positive employees COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

January 12, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

January 5, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 today, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

January 4, 2022

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive employee COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

December 29, 2021

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced two positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had 23 positive cases at ECC (18 employees and 5 patients). We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update patients and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.


December 27, 2021

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced two positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had 22 positive cases at ECC (17 employees and 5 patients). We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update patients and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.


November 5, 2021

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had 20 positive cases at ECC (16 employees and 4 patients). We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update patients and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

October 5, 2021

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced one positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had 19 positive cases at ECC (15 employees and 4 patients). We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update patients and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.


August 21, 2021

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced two positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had 18 positive cases at ECC (14 employees and 4 patients). We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update patients and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.


July 28, 2021

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced two positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had 16 positive cases at ECC (12 employees and 4 patients). We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update patients and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.


July 6, 2021

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced another positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had 14 positive cases at ECC (10 employees and 4 patients). We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update patients and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.


February 8, 2021

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced another positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had 13 positive cases at ECC (9employees and 4 patients). We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update patients and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.


January 21, 2021

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced another positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had 12 positive cases at ECC (8 employees and 4 patients). We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update patients and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.


January 6, 2021

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced another positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had 11 positive cases at ECC (7 employees and 4 patients). We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update patients and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

January 2, 2021

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced another positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had ten positive cases at ECC (seven employees and three patients). We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update patients and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

December 27, 2020

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced another positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had night positive cases at ECC (six employees and three patients). We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update patients and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

December 14, 2020

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced another positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had eight positive cases at ECC (six employees and two patients). We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update patients and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

December 7, 2020

As this COVID-19 pandemic continues we've experienced another positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had seven positive cases at ECC (six employees and one patient). We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update patients and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

November 20, 2020

As this COVID-19 pandemic enters its ninth month and we've experienced another positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had six positive cases at ECC (six employees). The latest employee is currently at home. We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update residents and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

November 16, 2020

As this COVID-19 pandemic enters its ninth month and we've experienced one positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had five positive cases at ECC (five employees). The latest employees are currently at home. We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update residents and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

September 2, 2020

As this COVID-19 pandemic enters its sixth month and we've experienced our second positive COVID-19 test, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had two positive cases at ECC (two employees). The latest employee is currently at home.  We continue to restrict visitors and non-essential personnel, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update residents and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.


November 13, 2020

As this COVID-19 pandemic enters its ninth month and we've experienced our one positive COVID-19 test this week, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had four positive cases at ECC (four employees). The latest employee is currently at home. We are restricting visitors and non-essential personnel due to state/federal regulations, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update residents and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

September 2, 2020

As this COVID-19 pandemic enters its sixth month and we've experienced our second positive COVID-19 test, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had two positive cases at ECC (two employees). The latest employee is currently at home.  We continue to restrict visitors and non-essential personnel, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update residents and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.


July 23, 2020

As this COVID-19 pandemic enters its fourth month and we've experienced our first positive COVID-19 test, we remain proactive in our fight against this virus, following CDC and Louisiana Health Department guidelines. To date, we have had one positive case at ECC (one employee). This person is currently at home. We continue to restrict visitors and non-essential personnel, practice social distancing, perform intensive sanitizing measures, provide appropriate personal protective equipment and daily monitoring of our staff and residents for fever and other illness. We continue to update residents and staff through internal communication and have expanded communication via our webpage www.wkhs.com/extended-care-center. The health and well-being of our residents and staff is and always will be our No. 1 priority.

WK Extended Care Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, handicap, or age in access to, treatment or employment in its programs or activities. The Director of Human Resources has been designated to coordinate efforts to comply with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and its implementing regulation, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability.