Vis­i­ta­tion Policy

1. Community’s Vis­i­ta­tion Pol­i­cy and Pro­ce­dure is avail­able on the Com­mu­ni­ty web­site at: https://​arling​ton​naples​.org

2. Com­mu­ni­ty will des­ig­nate the Exec­u­tive Direc­tor as the per­son respon­si­ble for ensur­ing staff adhere to the Poli­cies and Procedures.

3. Safe­ty relat­ed poli­cies and pro­ce­dures are not more strin­gent than those estab­lished for staff of Com­mu­ni­ty. Vis­i­tors are not required to pro­vide proof of any vac­ci­na­tion or immu­niza­tion. This pol­i­cy allows con­sen­su­al phys­i­cal con­tact between a Res­i­dent and Visitor.

4. Com­mu­ni­ty rec­og­nizes Res­i­dent may des­ig­nate a Vis­i­tor who is a fam­i­ly mem­ber, friend, guardian, or oth­er indi­vid­ual as an essen­tial care­giv­er. Com­mu­ni­ty will allow in-per­son vis­i­ta­tion by the essen­tial care­giv­er for at least 2 hours dai­ly in addi­tion to any oth­er autho­rized visitation.

5. Com­mu­ni­ty does not require care­giv­er to pro­vide nec­es­sary care to a Res­i­dent. The des­ig­nat­ed essen­tial care­giv­er will be doc­u­ment­ed in Resident’s elec­tron­ic med­ical record and updat­ed upon the Resident’s request.

6. Res­i­dents are allowed in-per­son vis­i­ta­tion in all the fol­low­ing cir­cum­stances, unless the Res­i­dent objects:

a. End-of-life situations;

b. Res­i­dent who was liv­ing with fam­i­ly before being admit­ted to the provider’s care is strug­gling with the change in envi­ron­ment and lack of in-per­son fam­i­ly support;

c. Res­i­dent is mak­ing one or more major med­ical decisions;

d. Res­i­dent is expe­ri­enc­ing emo­tion­al dis­tress or griev­ing the loss of a friend or fam­i­ly mem­ber who recent­ly died;

e. Res­i­dent needs cue­ing or encour­age­ment to eat or drink which was pre­vi­ous­ly pro­vid­ed by a fam­i­ly mem­ber or care­giv­er; and/​or

f. Res­i­dent who used to talk and inter­act with oth­ers is sel­dom speaking.

7. Com­mu­ni­ty has no lim­it on the num­ber of Vis­i­tors per Res­i­dent. Com­mu­ni­ty may lim­it the total num­ber of Vis­i­tors allowed in the facil­i­ty at any giv­en time based on the abil­i­ty of staff to safe­ly screen and mon­i­tor the space used to accom­mo­date the Vis­i­tors, and based on adher­ence to the infec­tion con­trol pro­to­cols of phys­i­cal distancing.

8. Vis­i­tors are wel­come to vis­it at any time. Gen­er­al vis­it­ing hours are from 8:00am – 9:00pm. After 9:00pm, Vis­i­tors must coor­di­nate with secu­ri­ty staff for access. There is no lim­i­ta­tion on the vis­i­ta­tion length.

9. Com­mu­ni­ty will screen the Vis­i­tor per Community’s infec­tion con­trol pol­i­cy and pro­ce­dure. Com­mu­ni­ty will doc­u­ment the name of the indi­vid­ual, the date, and time of entry. Vis­i­tors who have a pos­i­tive viral test for a com­mu­ni­ca­ble dis­ease, symp­toms of a com­mu­ni­ca­ble dis­ease or cur­rent­ly meet the cri­te­ria for quar­an­tine should not enter Community.

10. Vis­i­tors will be pro­vid­ed edu­ca­tion on com­mu­ni­ca­ble dis­ease signs and symp­toms and Community’s infec­tion con­trol precautions.

11. This pol­i­cy does not pro­hib­it vis­its if the Res­i­dent to be vis­it­ed is quar­an­tined, test­ed pos­i­tive, or show­ing symp­toms of a com­mu­ni­ca­ble dis­ease. Vis­its in these cir­cum­stances will require a high­er lev­el of Per­son­al Pro­tec­tive Equip­ment (“PPE”) than stan­dard masks. PPE will be pro­vid­ed to the Vis­i­tor and will be in accor­dance with the most recent CDC guid­ance for health­care workers.

12. Com­mu­ni­ty does not require Vis­i­tors to agree in writ­ing to fol­low the vis­i­ta­tion poli­cies and pro­ce­dures. How­ev­er, if the Vis­i­tor has vio­lat­ed the poli­cies and pro­ce­dures, Com­mu­ni­ty may sus­pend in-per­son vis­i­ta­tion for the spe­cif­ic individual.