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Starting May 18, nursing home visits will resume. To guarantee the protection of security conditions, the General Directorate of Health (DGS) published this Monday a document with a set of guidelines aimed at visitors and institutions.
The prior scheduling of visits, which should not exceed 90 minutes, and “a registry of visitors by date, time, name, contact and resident visited” are some of the recommendations.
Institutions are asked: Residential Structures for the Elderly (ERPI), Integrated Continuous Care Units (UCCI) of the National Integrated Continuous Care Network (RNCCI) and other residential spaces for seniors to have a plan to operationalize visits , identifying a professional responsible for the entire process. They must also inform family members and other visitors about the defined conditions for visits, which must be scheduled in advance.
Without forgetting the need to proceed with hygiene between visits, DGS recalls the need to maintain a physical safety distance and recommends that institutions proceed with a record of the visitors received, identified by name and with their contact details, the person visited, date and time.
Without prejudice to possible adjustments, “according to the conditions of the institution and the local epidemiological situation”, in an initial phase, the recommendation is that the number of visits be limited to one visitor per user and one weekly trip. Changes to this rule must be made in conjunction with health authorities, specifies the DGS document.
The mask, respiratory label and hand hygiene are routines that should not be forgotten, with the mandatory use of the mask throughout the visit. Visitors should not travel through the institution, nor should they bring personal belongings, food or other products there.
As for the organization of the visits, these should be carried out in a “suitable, spacious and ventilated place”, preferably in an “outside space”. Users’ meeting rooms or their rooms should be avoided as a meeting space, unless the person visited is bedridden. In shared rooms, physical separation conditions must be created.
Hand hygiene products must be available to visitors.
Finally, people with signs or symptoms that may suggest that they are infected or have been in contact with a suspected or confirmed case of covid-19 (within the past 14 days) should not visit or receive visits.
