Hi
@MartinWL and
@annielou
Thank you for your replies. You're right about it being like a prison , Martin. If mum's care home is cautious and insists on only one constant visitor, this could potentially mean I don't get to see mum and for how long?! This covid situation could be with us for a very long time, and I don't know how long mum has, she's quite healthy apart from the dementia but she's nearly 82 and the could have a sudden downturn . I want to see mum and enjoy time with her, not visit for "end of life" only.
If hospitals are willing to take precautions to make visiting safe, as for your mum Annielou allowing one visitor, not necessarily the same one, each time I don't understand why care homes won't. I would be willing to wear ppe, and pay for this, so don't see why I would be any more of a risk than care staff. Visitors could go to rooms, avoiding other residents, wear gloves incase touch anything etc, I'm sure it could work.
I will email the home before I go and see what their policy is and ask about these if the policy is one visitor.
I read the government guidelines, " To limit risk, where visits do go ahead, this should be limited to a single constant visitor, per resident, wherever possible"
What does the wherever possible mean?