BC Eases Limits on Care Home Visitors. Families Fear Changes Don’t Go Far Enough
A fraction of our 20,000 long-term care residents have designated essential visitors who can visit three times a week.
Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton or reach her here. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. SHARES Jeanette Harper fought for seven months to support her mother in long-term care. It shouldn’t be that hard for families, she says.
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For the first time in seven months, Jeanette Harper isn’t looking over her shoulder for a long-term care employee trying to rush her out after her weekly 30-minute visit with her 89-year-old mother.