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B.C. family 'cautiously optimistic' about lifting of long-term care visitor restrictions

B.C. family 'cautiously optimistic' about lifting of long-term care visitor restrictions

CBC
Sunday, March 13, 2022 4:07 PM GMT

Throughout much of the pandemic, Danielle Noël has been the only person allowed to visit her 89-year-old mother, Marion.

Marion lives in a long-term care home in Maple Ridge. Due to visitor restrictions, Noël was the only person allowed to celebrate her mother's recent birthday with her, in person.

"The other family members are being robbed of those visits. When family members are in long-term care or hospice, you don't know if it's going to be your last visit with them so you cherish every single one," Noël said.

But the rules around loved ones visiting long-term care facilities are changing, with the province announcing plans to lift restrictions.

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said by March 18, most long-term care facilities are expected to be ready for more visitors, who must be fully vaccinated and tested for COVID-19 when entering. 

Leslie Gaudette, president of the Council of Senior Citizens' Organizations of B.C., says it's about the quality of life for residents, and that this is something that has been missing throughout the pandemic.

"It's very hard. We know that the longer people are confined to their home without visitors their mental and physical health deteriorates," Gaudette said.

Noël says although she's happy more relatives will be able to visit her mother, she is also concerned more visitors at the facility will increase her mother's risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus.

That concern, along with ongoing staffing shortages, are top of mind for the B.C. Care Providers Association.

President Terry Lake says visitors will still need to fill out a COVID-19 questionnaire about symptoms they may have, show their vaccination card, and do a rapid test on-site.

"So it's not just a matter of opening up the doors and allowing three or four times as many visitors," Lake said.

Staffing shortages at long-term care homes could also present challenges, said Lake.

"[Families] may have to schedule visits, not just having people show up ad hoc, because of the challenges of screening and staffing," he said.

Regardless of the potential challenges, Noël is cautiously optimistic.

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