The key elements of this guidance, which is under review, are the following:
- Service providers will need to limit such critical and compassionate visiting to times when visiting can be effectively supported by available staff
- Such visiting is subject to a risk assessment in each case
- It is essential that the service providers engage with residents, involve them in decision making and communicate clearly with each resident and relevant others regarding visiting policy including any restrictions, the reasons for those restrictions and the expected duration of restrictions
- Residents in LTRCFs and their right to have or refuse visitors
COVID-19 Guidance on visits to Long Term Residential Care Facilities (LTRCFs). V1.5 (11.01.2021). Dublin, Health Protection Surveillance Centre, 2021, 18 p.
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