Updated Visitor Policies – Long Term Care
Key Messages – Public – Updated Visitors Policies – Long-Term Care and Seniors’ Assisted Living Facilities Date: August 23, 2020 The Ministry of Health, working with the provincial health officer, has developed updated guidelines to support visits between family members and residents of long-term care homes and seniors’ assisted living facilities. Under these new guidelines for social visits, residents can visit with one designated family member or friend*. *Facility staff/operator can approve a change to the designated visitor under extenuating circumstances; for example, if the visitor moves away or becomes ill and is unable to visit. One hundred percent of … Read more