Hospital visits expanded as COVID transmission eases
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Social visitors will be allowed to return to hospitals, and singing can resume in long-term care homes, as of Thursday.
Two designated caregivers will be allowed to accompany patients in emergency rooms, and up to four designated caregivers will be allowed in other health-care settings. Rules requiring masks during outdoor visits and eye protection for long-term care visitors will be dropped.
The changes remove some of the severe restrictions that had been placed on care home residents early in the pandemic. As of Thursday, group activities such as choral singing can resume, and residents who are being admitted to care homes won’t have to isolate — they’ll be on quarantine for 10 days, but the change means they can leave their room as long as they wear a mask.
Some outpatient services will continue to restrict visitors, including for chemotherapy treatments.
Shared Health announced the changes Wednesday, stating visitation policies are expanding because of lower transmission of COVID-19.
“Evidence of lower transmission levels — reflected by a decrease in staff sick time, a reduction in the number of in-facility outbreaks and a drop in COVID hospitalization rates — are allowing for further adjustments while maintaining some necessary precautions to minimize the spread of the virus and other respiratory illnesses in health facilities and other care settings.”
More information about the new visitor policies is posted on the Shared Health website.