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A year after nursing home visits stopped, residents and families eager for reopening CNN 3/4/2021 By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News © Lisa Marshall/KHN Mary Daniel's husband, Steve, has early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Since visits to Steve's assisted living facility in Jacksonville, Florida, were limited, Mary got a part-time job there so she could see him. For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed to visitors. Now, it's time for them to open back up and relieve residents of crushing isolation, according to a growing chorus o...

Reopening of long-term care facilities is ‘an absolute necessity for our well-being’ For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed to visitors. Now, it's time for them to open back up and relieve residents of crushing isolation, according to a growing chorus of long-term care experts, caregivers, consumer groups and physicians. They're calling for federal health authorities to relax visitation restrictions in long-term care institutions, replacing guidance that's been in place since September. And they want both federal and state authorities to grant...

Reopening Long-Term Care Facilities ‘an Absolute Necessity' By Judith Graham Thursday, March 04, 2021 (Kaiser News) -- For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed to visitors. Now, it’s time for them to open back up and relieve residents of crushing isolation, according to a growing chorus of long-term care experts, caregivers, consumer groups and physicians. This story also ran on CNN. It can be republished for free. They’re calling for federal health authorities to relax visitation restrictions in long-term care institutions, replaci...

'Isolation kills, too': Families push to visit their vaccinated loved ones in nursing home facilities Mary Daniel's Caregivers for Compromise group says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis needs to issue a new executive order allowing visitation at care facilities. Author: Jeannie Blaylock Updated: 6:47 PM EST March 2, 2021 JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla — The message: "Isolation kills, too!" can be seen on a show of bright yellow signs, impossible to miss as you drive past them in Jacksonville Beach. On the 300 signs are the names of loved ones either living in isolation or ...

Northeast Times By Jeane McNamara Taking on the responsibility of leading the Little Flower community was at best a complex proposition when I took it on in the spring of 2018. It was a professional and personal gamble. I was ready for something more in my career arc, but recognized that I still had great responsibilities to my family’s well-being and my own. At that time, I had one child about to go to medical school, one launching in college and one starting high school. Little Flower is not exactly around the corner from where I hail in the bustling metropolis of Phoenixville. But hav...