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New guidelines for visitation and outbreak management
The provincial government has released new guidelines around long-term care visitation and acute-care COVID-19 outbreak management.
Only essential visitors are allowed at long-term care facilities. Essential visits include visits for compassionate reasons, such as end-of-life care or those essential to a resident’s care and mental well-being.
Contact the long-term care facility to find out if you qualify as an essential visitor.
All visitors are allowed at seniors’ assisted living facilities.
Larger, facility-wide social events or gatherings, adult day programs and in-facility respite are allowed.
Indoor gatherings may include residents and staff across units of a facility.
Outdoor gatherings may include family and friends.
All visitors to long-term care, assisted living, and acute care facilities will need to show proof that they are fully vaccinated with two doses of COVID-19 vaccine (excluding children under 12 years or those with an approved medical exemption). There may be exceptions for certain situations, like end-of-life visits.
For updated acute-care outbreak management protocols, click here.
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