Local long-term care facilities react to updated CDC guidelines on visitations
According to the update from the CDC, long-term care facilities should allow indoor visitations for all residents regardless of their vaccination status. Author: Veronica Ortega Updated: 6:50 PM CST March 12, 2021
FORT SMITH, Ark. This week the CDC updated COVID-19 safety guidelines for long-term care facilities visitation. This comes after more than 3 million doses of the vaccine have been given at nursing homes across the country.
For months Arkansas families with a loved one living at long-term care facilities had to make a visit on the other side of a window or outside.