Visits to resume at most nursing homes after year of COVID isolation
For the past year, Bruce Kleinschmidt and his sister, Ann Bowling, have been visiting their 95-year mother, Grace Kleinschmidt, through a window at her Louisville nursing home. That's because in-person visits ended abruptly last year as COVID-19 began a deadly sweep through Kentucky's nursing homes, killing more than 2,300 residents since March 2020. But in-person visits are about to resume under new guidelines announced Wednesday by federal authorities that significantly ease rules that had put nursing homes on lock-down. "I am thrilled about it," Bowling said. "I'm looking forward to ju...
Source: thegleaner.com