'An early Christmas present': 94-year-old husband talks about impact of allowing visitation at long-term care facilities
Harrisburg, PA - Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam, Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller and Aging Secretary Robert Torres today highlighted the updated nursing home visitation guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and are strongly encouraging all long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania to implement the new guidance immediately. For Leon, that means seeing Marilyn without a routine COVID-19 check. Their kids can now visit as well. "That's a first; they hadn't been able to visit Marilyn in a year," said Leon. Monisha Knight, director of ...