We live in Iowa. Some nursing homes / skilled care centers in our area are allowing loved ones who are vaccinated to come in and see their spouses who are also vaccinated. Some are not.
The skilled care center in which my mother lives is still not considering allowing vaccinated spouses to come in and visit even after the recent CDC proclamation that vaccinated people can meet with other vaccinated people one-on-one. My father has not seen my mother in a year now except for through a window and over the phone.
What entity ultimately decides whether these facilities can allow people in or not?
The entire community (minus a couple of patients including my mother) has been vaccinated, so I don't really know why they aren't opening things up more. I suppose it'd be better to have all the visitors vaccinated as well, but California isn't vaccinating anyone under 65 yet to my knowledge. At the rate we're going, that won't happen for a few months yet.
The nursing home gets to make the rules. It's their place, so their rules.
I’ll post here when I’ve heard back.
1 we have to pass screening test including temperature check
2: we must stay at his apartment
3: we must stay masked and gloved at all times they are providing KN95 mask and gloves
4: we must maintain social distancing
5: we must not eat or drink anything while in the apartment
6: 1hr visit
7: 1 person at a time
8: 1 visit per week by appointment
I am not complaining at least I get to visit him now 😊
They will let me pick him up and take him anywhere I want but they won't let me in his room for more than an hour a week by appointment. Since he is new, this has been an issue because I could have oriented him better than they are.
The county has a rule that says that any non caregiving staff must follow the visitor rules of the facility. Therefore, they blame the county but the visitor rules are THEIR rules.
I am considering getting myself hired by a caregiving agency so that I can come and go. It will cost me their profit and payroll taxes etc but it maybe worth it to my dad.
You can do a porch visit once a week for 20 minutes and two visitors are allowed and don't have to have a Covid test. Masks are worn and there is no touching allowed. Outside visits require a facility caregiver to monitor taking them away from caring for the rest of the residents!
Window visits are limited to once a week but you can have as many people outside the window as you want.
All residents have been fully vaccinated and 80% of staff have. I was not real happy when I found out about the 80%, but the facility has never had any Covid cases.
The facility says it is ruled by Health and Human Services who say there are no limitations on number of visitors BUT the facility is allowed to set its own rules based on staffing. So, we pretty much know how that goes!
Like I said in another post, if I had it to do over, I would NOT place Mom during Covid with all these strict rules for visitation.
I attempted to inform the residence that I’ve had Covid and as of mid-February, recovered, but that wasn’t relevant to them.
A nurse that had taken care of my LO before she entered the AL visited last Friday and said she was “good”, and knew her (the nurse).
Still have hope.......
Basically, regulation of nursing homes is under the direction of the state's department of health. After this, every nursing home its own rules and regulations. Check your state and county department of health for current regulations. Then, talk to the nursing home administration about in person visitations. Since you live someplace that gets cold winters, you may be able to get them to consider "porch visit," in-person visits outside with everybody wearing masks and staying 6 feet apart.
It's the inconsistencies that get me. Before the recent opening of visitation, I was allowed to drive my mom to her doctor's appointment in my private car, but I couldn't visit her in the assisted living.
We complained about the lockdown and they claimed that the CDC requires that or the facility loses it's license. Is that true?
Yet, it must be said.
‘Anyone who is vaccinated is a super spreader, especially for those who have never gotten the virus or showed symptoms.
The vaccine will give those who take it, covid, and unfortunately will be much more virulent than the original strain.
‘Those who took the vaccine will shed the virus, thus spreading it far and wide to others.
For all those who didn’t do their research the so called vaccines are anything but.
They are an experimental gene therapy and not remotely close to being a vaccine.
They literally destroy your immune system and leave you vulnerable to whatever wild virus comes down the pike and will most likely kill you.
I realize this is nothing anyone wants to hear and my post will probably be taken down.
‘But, at least I tried to get the warning out. And no, masks cannot stop any of this.
Once you take the shot, there is no turning back.
It breaks my heart so many have been duped into this. Wish you all well.
God bless.