Commentary: Early in the pandemic, nursing home residents were condemned to extreme isolation, writes Asif Merchant. But new rules aren't protecting them enough from visitors.
Melvin Goldstein, 90, smiles as his daughter Barbara Goldstein gives him a kiss on the head during their first in-person, indoor family visit inside the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, March 28, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York.
Nursing home residents often feel isolated and lonely under normal circumstances, let alone during a pandemic that has been responsible for over. These figures do not include the deaths that occurred during the same time from other causes that were indirectly related to the pandemic. Experts agree that family and friends visiting residents in nursing homes are critical to their wellbeing.
Even if a resident was quarantined because of an exposure or was suspected of having COVID, visitation could not be stopped. Due to the updated guidelines from state and federal agencies, nursing homes could still not ask for proof of vaccination. Even during the peak of the surge, visitors were not required to take a rapid antigen test that many nursing homes offered free of cost. Nursing homes were not allowed to suspend visitation even if they didn't have enough staff to allow safe visitation.
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