My sister had her first inside visit with Mum this afternoon! She had her Covid test on arrival, sat in her car to wait for the result and was then taken to a separate area to wash her hands - while supervised. This then meant that she was not asked to wear gloves while holding mums hands which was wonderful. She did wear a mask but Mum is used to all the carers wearing them so wasn’t bothered. She sat right next to Mum on a two seater settee and they opened Mother’s Day gifts from all us three siblings and looked at some photos.
It was obvious that Mum enjoyed the hand holding and the close contact with my sister rather than see her through a screen. A Carer was sat near by during the visit but could not hear the conversation, that was to prevent hugging and also support Mum if she got upset. Apparently the 20 minutes went really fast!
The home are offering five short visits a day at the moment so my sister was able to book another one this Thursday. If all the slots do not get taken up by relatives, then they will cut down the daily number and make each visit longer.
I feel that the care home have done their best to work with the government guidelines and was so pleased that they allowed skin to skin contact. Now I need to be patient and hope that in time a second visitor will be allowed. For now, I’m not doing a pod visit as Mum really cannot cope with them and got upset and angry so if my sister can get a slot every five days or so, I’ll be happy.
It was obvious that Mum enjoyed the hand holding and the close contact with my sister rather than see her through a screen. A Carer was sat near by during the visit but could not hear the conversation, that was to prevent hugging and also support Mum if she got upset. Apparently the 20 minutes went really fast!
The home are offering five short visits a day at the moment so my sister was able to book another one this Thursday. If all the slots do not get taken up by relatives, then they will cut down the daily number and make each visit longer.
I feel that the care home have done their best to work with the government guidelines and was so pleased that they allowed skin to skin contact. Now I need to be patient and hope that in time a second visitor will be allowed. For now, I’m not doing a pod visit as Mum really cannot cope with them and got upset and angry so if my sister can get a slot every five days or so, I’ll be happy.