Senior care maintains restrictions

Senior care maintains restrictions

S and newswatch 12's alicia rubin spoke with local facilities to get an idea of what phase two will look like.

Alicia says: "senior living facilities are having to get creative right here you can see a rope that blocks off a safe section outdoors here at skylark assisted living we are residents can meet with family and friends" outdoor visits are one of the only ways for loved ones to visit with those in care facilities or even retirement communities.

Some had hopes that phase two would allow more visitation but ... jeremiah says: "we haven't received any real guidance yet to tell us when visitors will be allowed" kaitlin says: "so we're still staying low not allowing visitors.

We will probably be one of the last places allowing visitation because of our population and how high risk it is" indoor visitation is only open for essential services and some special circumstances, like end of life.

To help maintain connection, facilities are allowing outdoor - socially distant -- visits.

Jeremiah says: "i was in a community this morning bonaventure of salem community and there was a granddaughter there who had the resident's great granddaughter, who must've been three months old visiting and they had a mask and we're social distancing" katilin says: "we're really trying to keep them engaged with their families as much as we can" there are a couple of changes that are coming to senior living facilities in the coming weeks -- coming up tonight on