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Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone. (Brandon Harder/Regina Leader-Post)
On Thursday, the province announced a plan to further ease visitor restrictions in long-term care and personal care homes in alignment with the three steps of the recently announced Re-opening Roadmap. Mental Health and Addictions, Seniors and Rural and Remote Health Minister Everett Hindley said that the province made the decision because of the vaccine uptake in the province.
“Saskatchewan’s vaccination program continues to enjoy huge uptake across all age groups but especially with our seniors. As you know residents of long term care homes and personal care homes were the very first Saskatchewan people to prioritize at the start of our vaccine rollout back in January. Mobile clinics visited every long term care home and personal care home in the province delivering not just first shots but also second shots,” Hindley said in a press conference on Thursday.
Care home visitation will continue to be limited to compassionate reasons only until May 30, except for fully vaccinated residents of homes where 90 per cent of residents have been fully vaccinated and three weeks have elapsed since the last second dose vaccinations. “Very difficult decisions were made to protect the health and safety of long-term care home residents and staff, and I know that visitor restrictions have been extremely challenging,” Mental Health and Addictions, Seniors and Rural and Remote Health Minister Everett Hindley said. “People miss being able to spend time with their loved ones, and nowhere is that more evident than in our care homes. Thankfully, due to the incredible vaccine uptake by the majority of the eligible population, we are in a position to make it easier for people to be able to visit their friends and family members residing in all of our care homes. But our work isn’t done. The road out of this pandemic runs through our vaccination cli