What kinds of health checks will we run on visitors?

The federal guidelines call for everyone entering a facility to undergo “100 percent screening,” including:

• checking visitors’ temperatures,
• questioning them about symptoms and potential exposure, and
• observing them for any symptoms or signs of infection.

The CMS recommendations do not address testing visitors for COVID-19.

“We will need to continue to evaluate ways to make it safe for visitors to enter our buildings without posing a risk to residents,” AHCA/NACL said in a statement to AARP, “whether that is through testing with rapid results, wearing personal protective equipment, limiting who visitors can interact with when they come in or other ways to keep residents safe.”