The @ONlongtermcare released an FAQ document on the updated directives for visitation in nursing and retirement homes: ltchomes.net/LTCHPORTAL/Con…
The details in this document further highlights the restrictive, onerous and even cruel conditions for visitation.
@picardonhealth
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The details in this document further highlights the restrictive, onerous and even cruel conditions for visitation.
@picardonhealth
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The nonsensical requirement for potential visitors to test negative for #COVID19 within the previous two weeks holds visitors to a higher testing standard than healthcare workers!
As @drlesleybarron writes "I'm a HCW but my first #COVID19 test will be so I can visit my mom"
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As @drlesleybarron writes "I'm a HCW but my first #COVID19 test will be so I can visit my mom"
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The biweekly testing requirement for a weekly visit is ridiculously onerous.
Many visitors will themselves be frail older adults with mobility issues, they're being asked to travel to and from #COVID19 assessment centres, often standing outside in the heat to await testing.
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Many visitors will themselves be frail older adults with mobility issues, they're being asked to travel to and from #COVID19 assessment centres, often standing outside in the heat to await testing.
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I have also heard of several nursing and retirement homes asking potential visitors to produce proof of their negative test results - homes are NOT able to ask visitors for their personal health information (PHI) - only an attestation of negative results is required.
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The conditions for visitation, especially for frail older adults, are borderline inhumane:
I am concerned about the use of facemasks in the outdoor heat and humidity and the difficulty in breathing this may cause, something echoed by Dr. Theresa Tam:
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I am concerned about the use of facemasks in the outdoor heat and humidity and the difficulty in breathing this may cause, something echoed by Dr. Theresa Tam:
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Visitors are also not allowed use the home's washrooms.
As @DrSamirSinha points out, this is very restrictive for older adults who have rates of incontinence as high as 30%: accp.com/docs/bookstore…
@DrVivianS @EMauroCBC @davidcommon @SolidFooting @SueAnnLevy @MoiraWelsh
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As @DrSamirSinha points out, this is very restrictive for older adults who have rates of incontinence as high as 30%: accp.com/docs/bookstore…
@DrVivianS @EMauroCBC @davidcommon @SolidFooting @SueAnnLevy @MoiraWelsh
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The visitation policy is most restrictive for those who are bed-bound and cognitively impaired.
This underscores the inequities in these directives.
The guidance actually suggests that bed-bound residents be transferred outside for a visit!
@dementiarehab @yonalunsky
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This underscores the inequities in these directives.
The guidance actually suggests that bed-bound residents be transferred outside for a visit!
@dementiarehab @yonalunsky
7/8
I implore @celliottability, @DrFullertonMPP (a physician herself!), @RaymondChoPC, @fordnation, @ONThealth, @SeniorsON, @ONlongtermcare, @ONgov and others to reconsider these misdirected, restrictive, onerous, inequitable and inhumane visitation policies.
Enough is enough.
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Enough is enough.
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