Limited Nursing Home Visitation News from Assemblyman Billy Jones
COVID-19 July 10 Updates |
Nursing Home Visitation Updates |
| State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker announced today that nursing homes and long term care facilities in New York will be allowed to resume limited visitations for facilities that have been without COVID-19 for at least 28 days, a threshold set by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Residents in these facilities will be allowed two visitors at a time, and the visitors must undergo temperature checks, wear face coverings and social distance during the visit. At least one of the two visitors must be at least 18 years of age or older. |
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| For each facility, only 10 percent of the residents can be allowed visitors at any time; for example, in a 100-bed facility no more than 10 residents can have visitors per day in order to maintain proper social distancing and ensure safe compliance.
Nursing Homes accepting visitors will be required to send their visitation plan to NYSDOH and affirmatively attest that they are following the guidance outlined here. View State DOH guidance for resumption of limited visitation at: |
Posted: July 10th, 2020 under Heathcare News, State Government News, State Legislator News.