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A year after nursing home visits stopped, residents and families eager for reopening


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 w ....

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Reopening of long-term care facilities is 'an absolute necessity for our well-being'


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 'an Absolute Necessity'


Reopening Long-Term Care Facilities ‘an 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, 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.
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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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