Indoor visits to long-term care homes stymied by rules and enforcement

Though Ontario has allowed visitors inside long-term care homes for the better part of a week, Mary Oko is still seeing her mother outdoors.

Those rules have made it hard for Oko to relate to her mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease and is really only able to interact with people who are up close. Oko, who is the head of the family council at the facility where her mom lives, said she’s heard similar complaints from others. “This is not sustainable. We need to have a more workable solution because COVID is going to be with us for a while. I can see each visit, my mom is declining. And so at what point is that going to become where she’s not even going to be engaging?” she said. “I can’t do anything. I can only see her once a week for half an hour. That’s it.”

While the government has said “essential caregivers” can be allowed in to the homes – and has said that often those caregivers are family members – Meadus said such visits are not widespread.

What’s the big deal? Teach family members how to done ppe, but I am sure some knew how to do so pre pandemic, with other outbreaks. As well as self screen, if you’re sick stay away. This would provide much needed help to nurses and psw’s on the floor/units.

They just don't want people in them to see for themselves that nothing's changed fordnation. Simple as that.

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Indoor visits to Ontario long-term care homes stymied by rules and enforcementThough Ontario has allowed visitors inside long-term care homes for the better part of a week, Mary Oko is still seeing her mother outdoors. We need to avoid infecting LTC homes and causing more deaths like in the private ones in Toronto and the GTA. CityNews sounds like LTC homes are going overboard to keep family members from interacting with the residents. Easier this way for the LTC homes but it is a bunch of bull manure and the government should step in to ensure there is family contact.
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Indoor visits to Ontario long-term care homes stymied by rules and enforcementThough Ontario has allowed visitors inside long-term care homes for the better part of a week, Mary Oko is still seeing her mother outdoors. We need to avoid infecting LTC homes and causing more deaths like in the private ones in Toronto and the GTA. CityNews sounds like LTC homes are going overboard to keep family members from interacting with the residents. Easier this way for the LTC homes but it is a bunch of bull manure and the government should step in to ensure there is family contact.
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