The process toward fully opening long-term care facilities to visitors and resuming group activities should be done using a gradual, step-by-step approach in order to mitigate the risk of potential COVID outbreaks, according to a leading provider group.
A return to ‘normal,’ will not be immediate, says Executive Director Christopher Laxton in announcing new, proposed visitation guidelines.
Answering pleas to open up facility visitation policies is going to be trickier than many realize.
State and federal officials are being urged to ease visitation restrictions as COVID-19 vaccinations continue and cases fall among residents.
Long-term care providers are calling on the federal government to remove regulations that base nursing home indoor visitations on COVID-19 positivity rates in the area now that vaccine coverage is widespread for facilities.
Indoor visitations will resume Friday at nursing homes in New York.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is not ready to update nursing home visitation guidance, despite a significant drop in COVID-19 cases following widespread resident vaccinations, a top official said Thursday.
For nearly a decade, my freelance writing career included plenty of articles about chronic wounds, payment reform and pretty much anything else skilled-nursing related. Surely, I thought, I’d mastered enough acronyms and regulatory nuances to hold my own in most any conversation about long-term care. Then came the final weekend before the start of my…
Containing the spread of infection has always been a top priority in long-term care. COVID-19 simply increased awareness of the need for strict adherence to prevailing protocols, as well as new guidelines issued by various agencies. One aspect of federal and state guidance that should be a strong focus for all types of senior living…
