PART 1

Policy: Current Covid-19 Restrictions in Long-Term Care Homes

Introduction

Covid-19 is one of the current pandemic that the world at large is struggling with. In this healthcare research paper, I have chosen to discuss about “Current Covid-19 Restrictions in Long-Term Care Homes”, which is one of the policies put in place to help reduce the various outbreaks, infections and possible deaths that result from the virus. The policy was put in place in 2020, as one of the measures to help reduce infection, especially at the long-term care homes where majority of the people who stay at the centers are vulnerable due to various health care conditions.

“Current Covid-19 Restrictions in Long-Term Care Homes” is a policy that stipulates various things that people need to do in order to visit the long-term care homes. The policy also stipulates how the caregivers who are given the mandate to take care of the people in these homes need to behave, the kind and number of tests that they need to go through and at what tines in order to ensure that the long-term care homes do not witness infections that would affect the people who are deemed to be already vulnerable. The policy has various components, which include who it aims to serve, the people who are required to observe the policy as well as when and how they need to observe it. In other words, the policy serves the elderly and the sick in these long-term care homes.

Outdoor visits: outdoor visits include up to two general visitors and two caregivers may visit at a time. These visitors are supposed to be screened upon arrival, but do not need to take a rapid antigen test. Visitors as well as the residents who are being visited need to wear mask at all times while within the home (Government of Canada, 2021). This is to reduce the chances of one of them being infected by the person who is a symptomatic, but already has the virus. General visitors are not required to go beyond the entry area of the home. Again those who are visitors, but not fully vaccinated have to stay at least two meters away from the residents.

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