Care home visitation will continue to be limited to compassionate reasons only until May 30, except for fully vaccinated residents of homes where 90 per cent of residents have been fully vaccinated and three weeks have elapsed since the last second dose vaccinations.
“Very difficult decisions were made to protect the health and safety of long-term care home residents and staff, and I know that visitor restrictions have been extremely challenging,” Mental Health and Addictions, Seniors and Rural and Remote Health Minister Everett Hindley said.
“People miss being able to spend time with their loved ones, and nowhere is that more evident than in our care homes. Thankfully, due to the incredible vaccine uptake by the majority of the eligible population, we are in a position to make it easier for people to be able to visit their friends and family members residing in all of our care homes. But our work isn’t done. The road out of this pandemic runs through our vaccination clinics, so I strongly encourage all Saskatchewan residents to also get their second vaccine dose as soon as you are able so that we can continue down our path to having life return back to normal.”