{"id":19116,"date":"2021-11-15T08:26:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T13:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19116"},"modified":"2021-11-15T08:26:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T13:26:34","slug":"nursing-homes-can-now-lift-most-covid-restrictions-on-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19116","title":{"rendered":"Nursing homes can now lift most COVID restrictions on visits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; NPR)<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 The government on Friday directed nursing homes to open their doors wide to visitors, easing many remaining pandemic restrictions while urging residents, families and facility staff to keep their guard up against outbreaks.<\/p>\n<p>The new guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services instructs nursing homes to allow visits at all times for all residents. Facilities will no longer be able to limit the frequency and length of visits, or require advance scheduling. Although large groups of visitors are discouraged, nursing homes won&#8217;t be allowed to limit the number of loved ones and friends who can pay a call on residents.\u00a0 Continue reading article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2021\/11\/12\/1055454408\/nursing-homes-can-now-lift-most-covid-restrictions-on-visits\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; NPR) WASHINGTON \u2014 The government on Friday directed nursing homes to open their doors wide to visitors, easing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nursing-homes","category-pandemic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19117,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19116\/revisions\/19117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}