On Friday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released updated guidelines for nursing home visitation. Under the new guidelines, DHEC says all nursing homes and assisted living facilities must allow indoor and outdoor visitation, with few exceptions.
More families in South Carolina can begin visiting their loved ones in nursing homes after Governor Mcmaster relaxed visitation guidelines last week.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services collaborated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to come up with new recommendations for nursing homes to safely expand visitation.
A new report states the number of coronavirus cases in nursing homes have dropped significantly, according to the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living.
A California florist got attention from some celebrities for something she thought would just be a nice gesture, donating flowers to nursing home residents who needed a little cheering up.
As cases both here in South Carolina and nationally continue to rise, according to AARP of South Carolina, cases are dropping in the state’s nursing homes.
Nursing homes in the United States have hit another peak when it comes to coronavirus cases. The facilities have reported their highest weekly new confirmed cases since the spring.
Nursing homes across the country still aren’t allowing visitors inside their doors because of the pandemic, but these restrictions never said anything about animals.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — Gov. Henry McMaster, along with public health officials in the State House Tuesday afternoon, rolled out new guidelines that will allow some nursing homes to have limited, outdoor visitation with families. In a release, the state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) said a facility’s ability to allow visitation depends on a number of factors, including…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — Gov. Henry McMaster, along with public health officials in the State House Tuesday afternoon, rolled out new guidelines that will allow some nursing homes to have limited, outdoor visitation with families. In a release, the state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) said a facility’s ability to allow visitation depends on a number of factors, including…
