Keep your family members safe this winter as you visit them in care homes – updated guidance
Cheshire West and Chester Council is reminding all residents visiting loved ones in care homes in west Cheshire this winter to stay safe and keep others safe by taking simple precautionary measures.
With Covid cases on the increase throughout the country it's more important than ever that we all do everything possible to protect our most vulnerable residents.
The Council is encouraging people to remember the key measures that can be taken to help look after each other. These are:
Care homes and their amazing staff are taking every precaution they can, now testing themselves four times a week alongside all other measures already in place.
The Government's Department of Health and Social Care has issued guidance stating that each care home resident can now have a maximum of three named visitors and an essential care giver.
Residents who are fully vaccinated and choose to visit family members outside of the care home will also be required to take a lateral flow test on alternate days for two weeks following the visit. Anyone who isn't fully vaccinated will be required to isolate for 14 days on their return to the care home.
Care homes are also being given further guidance as to PPE and infection prevention and control measures.
This decision has been taken to balance the risk from Covid-19 and the need to keep people safe, in line with medical guidance.
Government guidance also sets out:
*Visits that should happen in all circumstances refers to a situation where visits can still happen even in the event of an outbreak at the care home or a national lockdown. If a resident at a care home is at the end of life they can still have visits and health care professionals can still visit.
More information can be found here - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visiting-care-homes-during-coronavirus
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