COVID-19
SANCTUARY PARK RESPONSE to COVID-19
Sanctuary Park is committed to serving our families and keeping them safe. We are equally focused on the health and safety of our employees.
The current situation is extremely fluid and PLLP has been navigating operations in an effort to slow the transmission of this virus to the best of our abilities. We are taking extra precautions to keep our facilities and offices sanitized.
Effective July 7th, it is mandatory to wear a mask when visiting or attending a service in any of our indoor facilities. At all other times it is recommended that a mask be worn. With your understanding, please be aware that we have revised our previous implementations with the following procedures:
Access to Facilities
Effective June 14th, entrance to the Administrative Offices will now be open we ask that you please observe capacity limits at each location and office hours.Safe Distance Protocol
Effective July 1, 2021, the Ontario Government rescinded previous restriction on large gatherings at funerals and now advised for outdoor services there is a maximum of 75 attendees and indoor services no more than 30 attendees. We will be strictly enforcing this at our locations. In some instance as identified below, circumstances will dictate that we must restrict attendance even further. We ask that all attendees wear a mask.
We have implemented a Safe Distance Protocol for employees and the public. This means our employees will have no direct physical contact such as handshakes and hugs with one another or members of the public and they will observe a 12-foot distance wherever possible.
Screening
All visitors to our facilities will be screened as follows:
- Have you or any member of your immediate family been in contact with someone who has or is suspected to have COVID-19?
- Are you or any member of your immediate family in self-isolation?
- Has Public Health been involved?
- Do you have any of these symptoms:
- Fever
- New onset of cough
- Chills or shivers
- Shortness of breath
If visitors answer YES to any of the above, we will be asking them to return home. If the purpose of their visit was to make cemetery arrangements, they will be instructed to call us and we will conduct the meeting remotely by phone.
Additional precautions specific to:
A. Interment
- Individuals will be permitted to approach the grave to place flowers on the casket once our employees have had the opportunity to distance themselves a minimum of 12 feet
- The casket will not be lowered until the attendees have vacated the area
- Effective as of July 1, a maximum of 75 people can attend the service
B. Mausoleum and Niche Entombments
- All attendees will be required to adhere to the Safe Distance Protocol maintaining at least 12 feet from our staff at all times
- Services shall be completed in a common area within the mausoleum or niche buildings
- Closing of mausoleum crypts will not begin until the safe distance protocol has been achieved with up to 10 individuals present. Our staff will not be present until all visitors have left.
- During the placement in and sealing of the crypt or niche, attendance will be limited to a maximum of 10 individuals (a 12-foot distance from staff must be maintained at all times).
- Effective as of July 1st, a maximum of 30 people can attend the service unless building requires further restriction to comply with government directives
C. Crematoriums:
Effective as of November 23, 2020 new protocols at our PLLP Crematorium locations:
- We will no longer provide Rush Cremations
- We will no longer allow witnessings at all our crematoriums
- We will only be accepting deliveries up to the maximum storage capacity of each PLLP location
- We will continue to offer Chapel Services / Committals for up to 15 attendees with the following protocol that our staff will not be present during use of chapel. Our staff will enter only when everyone has left the chapel.
We thank our families, their guests and all visitors to our locations and facilities for their understanding during these extraordinary times.