CDC recommends reopening nursing homes to visitors — even the unvaccinated
“I think it has been devastating for so many of these people, not being able to get a hug from your child or your grandchildren."
Author: Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News
Published: 9:03 PM CST March 12, 2021
Updated: 9:06 PM CST March 12, 2021
NEW ORLEANS — Federal officials now recommend even unvaccinated visitors and residents of nursing homes be allowed to meet in person under most circumstances.
Metairie attorney Trey Mustian called it great news.
His mother Maxine lives at St. Joseph’s, a senior living facility in Harahan.
“I’m really excited and my mother who is 90 years old has been in a nursing home for five years is very excited about it,” Mustian said. “I haven’t been in her room in a year, a year today.”