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Visitation Guidelines

Jewish Senior Life has taken a safe and conservative approach to protect our residents and staff, and we will continue this approach going forward. We continue to follow the CDC and NYS Department of Health guidelines for infection control.

We have received  guidance  issued by the DOH regarding staff booster shots and visitor testing. The latest guidance was issued in March and has not yet changed. The following are some highlights of the guidance: 

Health Care Personnel Vaccination and Booster Shots:

  • All personnel must be up to date on their COVID-19 vaccinations as required by the DOH emergency regulation.
  • Please note that the recent amendment to the emergency regulation requiring booster shots is effective when it is filed with the Department of State. We do not know whether DOH has filed the amendment, but the DOH website does not show this version of the emergency regulation as effective. We anticipate that it will be filed and effective shortly. The Governor’s press release indicated that there would be a 14-day grace period.

Staff Masking:

  • All staff must be masked at all times, regardless of vaccination or booster status, and should consider wearing N95 respirators, especially in facilities where residents are unable to consistently wear face masks.

Visitors Masking and Distancing:

  • All visitors must wear a well-fitting non-surgical paper mask or a mask of higher quality (i.e., surgical mask, KN95, or N95) at all times during any visitation at the facility, regardless of vaccination or booster status. If the visitor wishes, a cloth mask may be placed over the paper mask. The masks must cover both the nose and the mouth.
  • All visitors must physically distance from facility personnel and other patients/residents/visitors who are not directly associated with the specific resident(s) being visited by that individual.

Visitor Testing:

  • Visitors to the Jewish Home are strongly encouraged but not required to test prior to a visit. JHR has self – administer kits available at the concierge desk for home testing.
  • For those that visit multiple days per week or daily, please test every three days.
  • Facilities can offer to conduct onsite testing of visitors, if practical.
  • Facilities must have policies and procedures in place to review and report results of SARS-CoV-2.
  • Please note that this does not refer to ECLRS reporting (see below). We assume the “report” refers to reporting positive cases to the local health department.
  • We also understand that if a visitor tests positive outside the facility, it would be unwise to require the visitor to re-enter the building to report their positive result.
  • Records of SARS-CoV-2 tests must be made available, upon request to the local health department and DOH.
  • We do not know what type of records the Department is expecting for self-administered rapid tests.

PPE/Face Mask Wearing:

  • If a room is on precautions: additional PPE is required (facemask, face shield, gown, gloves) and will be provided at the entrance of the affected room.

Personal Visitation:

  • All visitors need to be screened and obtain a visitor sticker prior to visitation. This occurs within the main building at the concierge area and in the vestibule of each cottage.
  • There is no limitation to the time of visit
  • There is no limitation to the frequency of visits
  • There is no limitation for the number of visitors (while still adhering to infection prevention)
  • There is no limitation to the length of visit
  • Individual visitation is as follows:
  • Cottage Homes: Personal room, porch, den, community room, outdoor areas
  • Farash Tower: Street of Shops, personal room, unit activity room, outdoor areas

Infection Prevention:

  • Good hand washing
  • Face mask required
  • Do not visit if you are sick or have been exposed to someone who is sick
  • Maintain social distancing of 6ft

COVID-19 Outbreak Testing Guidance:

  • Outbreak testing is initiated when a new COVID-19 case occurs on our campus. Only residents and/or staff members that have been directly exposed to a positive individual will be POC tested. Exposure is determined using contact tracing.

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has provided updates and recommendations for the use of transmission-based precautions (quarantine). Here at JHR, we have revised our protocols to reflect the current recommendations as follows:

  • Residents do not need to quarantine if they are up-to-date with their vaccination status. Up-to-date means that the individual has had a primary series and the most recent Updated Booster.
  • Residents who have had close contact with someone with COVID, are asymptomatic, and up-to-date do not require quarantine following exposure.
  • We will no longer be placing units and Cottage homes on contact & droplet precautions.
  • We will only be restricting individual rooms moving forward for three reasons:
  1. Resident is exposed to a COVID-19 positive individual and not up-to-date with vaccine status (see above for up-to-date definition).
  2. Resident is exposed to a COVID-19 positive individual and becomes symptomatic.
  3. Resident is COVID-19 positive.
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We continue to provide the opportunity for families to join their loved ones at any of our off-home activity programs. You are more than welcome to join your loved one at a program in the Cottage Community room, outdoors on our campus or at programs within the main building in the Sands Center or Art Room. Families are encouraged to check out the OMA Art Exhibit in our Sokol Porch or stop in for a quick gift at the Gift Shop.

Programs that are being held in individual homes within the cottages or on the households within the Tower are not opened up for families to attend at this time. These areas are for residents only as they are shared common areas within our campus.

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Rochester, NY 14618

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