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New Hampshire 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.
Modified: 5/5/2021 10:04:01 PM
CONCORD New Hampshire’s phased reopening guidelines for nursing homes will soon be replaced with federal guidance, which relaxes restrictions on visitation, group activities and trips outside the facility.
For several months, nursing homes have looked to a state document, which 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 visitation.
Published: 5/6/2021 1:49:35 PM
CONCORD New Hampshire’s phased reopening guidelines for nursing homes will soon be replaced with federal guidance, which relaxes restrictions on visitation, group activities and trips outside the facility.
For several months, nursing homes have looked to a state document, which 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 visitation.
The state announced this week it will no longer post any new guidance for long-term care facilities and instead ask administrators to refer to resources from the CDC and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Credit Casey McDermott / NHPR
As New Hampshire continues to loosen nearly all public health restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, one sector remains on alert. Many long-term care facilities across the state have kept up limits on residents and visitors in recent weeks, even as vaccination rates rise and COVID-19 cases have fallen sharply in those settings. NHPR s health and equity reporter Alli Fam spoke with All Things Considered host Peter Biello about the tension within long-term care facilities.
Peter Biello: So what s been going on this week?
Alli Fam: This week s been kind of confusing, especially when it comes to guidelines for long-term care facilities. Last Monday, the state came out with some updated guidance for these facilities, an in-depth 16-page document. It outlined different phases of reopening. A lot of these were based on metrics like county case rates that dictated guidelines on things like trips outside the facility that aren t medically necessary
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.