State to loosen visitation restrictions on nursing homes
A group of protesters gathered outside the State House on Friday to bring attention to the plight of the elderly living in nursing homes during the pandemic. Teddy Rosenbluth
Published: 5/5/2021 5:12:15 PM
New Hampshire’s phased reopening guidelines for nursing homes will soon be replaced with federal guidance, which relaxes restrictions on visitations, group activities and trips outside the facility.
For several months, nursing homes have looked to a state document, that categorizes homes based on COVID-19 risk, to determine how to reopen safely. Several family members protested that these guidelines were too restrictive when it came to visitations.
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Show Transcript THEY SAY WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY ALL LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES SHOULD BE ALLOWING VISITS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ON THE PROPERTY AS LONG AS THERE ISN’T AN OUTBREAK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO CONFUSION MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THE STATE HAS NO RESTRICTIONS ON VISITING IN A NURSING HOME. THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN OUTBREAK, BUT DAY TRIPS AND OUTINGS ARE STILL NOT AN OPTION. THEY’RE LOSING GROUND. THEY’RE GIVING UP. HOPE WENDY MURPHY SAYS HER DAD HAS NOT LEFT HAND OVER HELL IN MANCHESTER SINCE MARCH OF LAST YEAR AND CONSTANTLY HEARS ONE THING FROM HIM. I WANT MY NORMALCY BACK I
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By JOSIE ALBERTSON-GROVE | The New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester | Published: January 2, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. (Tribune News Service) Emergency medical technicians and military members whose training has equipped them for work in nursing homes can work in long-term care facilities with temporary licenses, after Gov. Chris Sununu signed an emergency order Thursday. Military members with certain specialty codes indicating medical training, who have used that training in the last three years, can apply for temporary nursing assistant licenses through the state Board of Nursing. Emergency medical technicians can apply for temporary nursing assistant licenses, too.