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Facility Visitation Regulations “No Patient Left Alone”

Policy: This facility will follow the CDC guidelines to ensure that residents’ rights are being respected and ensured while appropriate safety measures are being followed when residents are receiving visitors.

Procedure:

  • Visitors who are presenting symptoms of an infectious diseases will be screened to check their temperature.
  • If visitor has a fever of 100 or higher, or any other symptom, they will be asked to visit at a time when they no longer have these symptoms.
  • The visitor will adhere to source control measures and hand hygiene practices while in a healthcare facility as part of the facility’s infection control policy.
  • Visitors will be asked to follow the visual alerts posted by the facility at the point of entrance demonstrating proper hand hygiene and source control.
  • Visitors will be informed if there are any cases of positive residents of an infectious disease in the facility and if residents are being quarantined.
  • If the visitor is seeing a resident who has been identified as having an infectious disease, they must follow the following safety guidelines:
  • Wear PPE when entering the room where the resident is located. This PPE shall include: N95 mask, face shield, gown, gloves.
  • The facility is not responsible for supplying these materials to visitors, and visitors are expected to provide their own upon visitation.
  • If the visitor does not have the required PPE when coming to visit the resident, they will be asked to return at a time when they do have the required PPE with them.
  • Visitors are encouraged to keep an appropriate distance from any resident with a contagious illness while visiting in the resident’s room, but consensual physical contact is allowed between a resident and their visitor.
  •  All PPE must be removed before the visitor leaves the patient’s room.
  •  Visitors are encouraged to use hand sanitizers located throughout the facility.
  • If the visitor is seeing a resident who has been not been identified as having an infectious disease but there is a positive case in the facility and therefore residents are being quarantined, the visitor must follow the following safety guidelines:
  •  Wear facemask (Does not have to be N95)
  • Visitors are encouraged to keep an appropriate distance from the sick resident while visiting in the resident’s room, but consensual physical contact is allowed between a resident and their visitor.
  • Visitors are encouraged to use hand sanitizers located throughout the facility.
  • Visitors will not be required to submit any proof of vaccination or immunization.
  • A resident may designate a visitor who is a family member, friend, guardian, or other individual as an essential caregiver.
  • The facility will allow in-person visitation by the essential caregiver at any time between the hours of 9:00 AM and 9:00 PM. The length of the visit will be up to two hours and the amount of visitors will be limited to two visitors at a given time.
  • The essential caregiver is not required to provide necessary care to a resident while visiting the resident.
  • The facility will allow in-person visitation in all of the following circumstances, unless the resident objects:
  • End of life situation
  • A resident, client, or patient who was living with family before being admitted to the provider’s care is struggling with the change in environment and lack of in-person family support.
  •  The resident, client, or patient is making one or more major medical decisions.
  • The resident is experiencing emotional distress or grieving the loss of a friend or family member who recently died. 
  • A resident needs cueing or encouragement to eat or drink which was previously provided by a family member or caregiver.
  • A resident who used to talk and interact with others is seldom speaking
  • The facility may suspend in-person visitation of a specific visitor if the visitor violated the provider’s policies and procedures
  • The administrator will be responsible to make sure that the staff and visitors adhere to the visitation policies and procedures.