Updated: Monday, April 12, 2021 - 8:41am
Long-term care ombudsmen serve as advocates for people living in Arizona nursing homes who may not have family or friends to be their voice. But where were they during the pandemic, when nursing homes were locked down? It’s a question one organization set out to answer.
The Hertel Report is a newsletter that covers Arizona s health care industry. Last September, they wanted to know if the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, which falls under the Department of Economic Security, was busier than usual given the visitor restrictions. We were expecting to write an article about, you know, demand is up 25% and these ombudsmen are scurrying all over the place and they re trying to help folks get visits with their families or they re trying to help folks get transfers, explained Jim Hammond, report’s publisher. And we couldn t find anything.
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A year after nursing home visits stopped, residents and families eager for reopening CNN 3/4/2021 By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News © Lisa Marshall/KHN Mary Daniel s husband, Steve, has early-onset Alzheimer s disease. Since visits to Steve s assisted living facility in Jacksonville, Florida, were limited, Mary got a part-time job there so she could see him.
For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed to visitors. Now, it s time for them to open back up and relieve residents of crushing isolation, according to a growing chorus of long-term care experts, caregivers, consumer groups and physicians.
They re calling for federal health authorities to relax visitation restrictions in long-term care institutions, replacing guidance that s been in place since September. And they want both federal and state authorities to grant special status to essential caregivers family members or friends who provide critically im
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Reopening of long-term care facilities is ‘an absolute necessity for our well-being’
For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed to visitors. Now, it s time for them to open back up and relieve residents of crushing isolation, according to a growing chorus of long-term care experts, caregivers, consumer groups and physicians.
They re calling for federal health authorities to relax visitation restrictions in long-term care institutions, replacing guidance that s been in place since September. And they want both federal and state authorities to grant special status to essential caregivers family members or friends who provide critically important hands-on care so they have the opportunity to tend to relatives in need.
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Reopening Long-Term Care Facilities âan Absolute Necessity
By Judith Graham
Thursday, March 04, 2021 (Kaiser News) For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed to visitors. Now, itâs time for them to open back up and relieve residents of crushing isolation, according to a growing chorus of long-term care experts, caregivers, consumer groups and physicians. This story also ran on CNN. It can be republished for free.
Theyâre calling for federal health authorities to relax visitation restrictions in long-term care institutions, replacing guidance thatâs been in place since September. And they want both federal and state authorities to grant special status to âessential caregiversâ â family members or friends who provide critically important hands-on care â so they have the opportunity to tend to relatives in need.
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