POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR VISITATIONS TO THE A.L.F

Policy:
It is the policy of the facility to ensure safe visitation to our residents consistent with the resident
“Bill of Rights” F.S.429.28. In addition, to educate employees and visitors of residents on
procedures related to infection control, screening, personal protective equipment, and other
infection control protocols for all communicable or infectious diseases.
Procedures:
1. This Facility will ensure that in person visitation will be allowed in all the following
circumstances unless the resident objects:
a. End-of-life situations.
b. A resident who was living with family before being admitted to the Facility is
struggling with the change in environment and lack of in-person family support.
c. The resident is making one or more major medical decisions.
d. A resident is experiencing emotional distress or grieving the loss of a friend or
family member who recently died.
e. A resident needs cueing or encouragement to eat or drink which was previously
provided by a family member or a caregiver.
f. A resident who used to talk and interact with others is seldom speaking.
2. The administrator is designated as the person responsible for ensuring that staff adhere to
the infection control and visitation policies and procedures.
3. The resident may also designate a visitor who is a family member, friend, guardian, or
other individual as an essential caregiver. The essential caregiver is allowed to have in-
person visitation for at least 2 hours daily in addition to any other visitation authorized by
the Facility but doesn’t have to provide necessary care.
4. The facility will respect the right of the resident to determine the number of visitors
he/she would like to have at any given time during the 9am-9pm visiting hours.
5. The Facility will designate a staff member to support infection control and prevention by
providing information on the visitation policy to include infection control policy and
procedures of the facility.
6. Visitation will be from 9am-9pm, at a minimum. Visitors requesting to come any other
time need to make arrangements with the administrator or designee in advance.
7. The facility will not require visitors to provide proof of vaccination.
8. All visitors must sign in and out at the reception desk/table.

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9. Visits will be done throughout the building.
10. Children must be supervised by an adult at all times.
11. All visitors will be asked to agree in writing to follow the infection control policy and
procedures and the visitation policy of the Facility.
12. The facility may suspend in-person visitation of a specific visitor if the visitor violates the
provider’s policy and procedures on visitation.
13. Consensual physical contact is allowed between a resident and a visitor.
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
Staff appropriately use PPE including, but not limited to, the following:
– Gloves are worn if potential contact with blood or body fluid, mucous membranes, or
non-intact skin;
– Gloves are removed after contact with blood or body fluids, mucous membranes, or non-
intact skin;
– Gloves are changed and hand hygiene is performed before moving from a contaminated
body site to a clean body site during resident care; and an isolation gown is worn for
direct resident contact if the resident has uncontained secretions or excretions.
– PPE appropriately removed and discarded after resident care, prior to leaving room
(except in the case of extended use of PPE per national/local recommendations), followed
by hand hygiene.
– If PPE use is extended/reused will be done according to nation and/or local guidelines. If
it is reused, it is cleaned/decontaminated/maintained after and/or between uses.
– PPE is available, accessible, and used by staff.
– The Administrator or ALF Owner will keep track of the PPE and reordering of
replacement supplies as needed.
– Assess supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and initiate measures to optimize
current supply:
– Maintain inventory and strict access controls on your PPE due to the risk of
inappropriate use or theft.
– Optimize PPE supplies, monitor daily use and identify when supplies will run low
and re-order as needed.

Please Note:
The Visitation Policy and Procedure may be reviewed on the Company’s website:
www.thepointenorthgables.com
Revision 4/6/22 SB 988