Visitation Guidance and Loved Ones Flyer

 

To: Residential care facilities (Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Group Homes, and Intermediate Care Facilities)   From: HFEMS Residential Care Strike Team   On March 23, 2021, CDPHE released an updated Public Health Order (PHO) and guidance for indoor visitation at residential care facilities serving older adults and people with disabilities.    The visitation guidance allows for increased and more meaningful visitation for residents who have been vaccinated. Indoor visitation should still be limited for:   Unvaccinated residents if the nursing home’s COVID-19 county positivity rate is greater than 10% and less than 70% of the residents in the facility are fully vaccinated. Residents with confirmed COVID-19 infection, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, until they have met the criteria to discontinue Transmission-Based Precautions per CDC guidance. Residents in quarantine, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated until they have met the criteria for release from quarantine.   If a resident is fully vaccinated, the resident can choose to have close contact (including touch) with their visitor while wearing a well-fitting face mask and cleaning their hands before and after. Read the summary of changes. Additionally, we’ve created a graphic/flyer to further explain visitation options for loved ones.   As always, questions can be directed to: residentialcarestriketeam@state.co.us