Visitation in Long Term Care: Helping Facilities Balance Rights, Rules, and Relationships-Transmission Interrupted

Visitation in Long Term Care: Helping Facilities Balance Rights, Rules, and Relationships

The Long Term Care community has faced a wide range of challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Early in the outbreak, visitation restrictions in long term care communities were enacted to help keep residents safe. As the pandemic wore on, these restrictions began to take a toll on both long term care residents and their families. The social isolation and lack of contact with family and friends have had a negative effect on the health and well-being of long term care residents. How can long term care facilities safely care for residents while addressing the growing challenge that social isolation and loneliness present? Join host Jill Morgan and guest Jerry Nevins, Assistant Administrator at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home in Omaha, Nebraska as they share lessons learned and discuss strategies to help mitigate the effects of isolation in long term care facilities during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Jerry Nevins, NHA, RN

Assistant Administrator at Rose Blumkin Jewish Home.

Before joining the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home in 2017, Jerry was a nursing services surveyor with the long-term care survey team for the state of Nebraska. His knowledge of state and federal regulations, in addition to over 30 years’ experience providing healthcare in various capacities in Omaha, has been invaluable to the management team at RBJH. He has lead a number of IT initiatives at the Home as well, upgrading various systems and implementing new ones. Jerry is also active in leadership roles with the Omaha Health Care Coalition and is the Education Co-Chair for LeadingAge Nebraska.

Jill Morgan, RN

Jill Morgan is an RN and subject matter expert in PPE for NETEC. Member APIC, ASTM, AAMI. For 35 years Jill has been an emergency department and critical care nurse, and now splits her time between education for NETEC and clinical research, most of it centering around Infection Prevention and Personal Protective Equipment.

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