1 February 2022
Further to our last update to you, we are pleased to advise you that from tomorrow, Wednesday 2 February, all areas of Whiddon Easton Park will be open to visitors. Since our last update, pleasingly, we have not had any further residents test positive to COVID-19. We have 19 employees that are currently affected by COVID-19.
While this is very welcome news, we do ask that you follow our visitation guidelines and remain vigilant at this time. With the risk of COVID-19 remaining high in our local communities, it is important that we all take steps to help keep everyone safe. Please also note that we are also encouraging visitors to get their booster vaccine if they are eligible to do so.
Please note the current visitation guidelines for visiting Whiddon Easton Park:
- One fully vaccinated visitor, per resident, per day, is permitted
- Visits are to occur between 9am and 12pm and 1pm and 4pm on weekdays (visits outside of these hours will be at the discretion of management and only when there is employee capacity to do so)
- There will be limits to the numbers of visitors who can book in at each time to enable management of capacity limits
- All visits must be pre-booked
- Where possible, outdoor visits will be encouraged
- Visits cannot not take place in communal areas
- All visitors must wear PPE, including an N95 mask and a face shield, this will be provided to visitors (visitors can re-use the face shield provided on their next visit)
- Only visitors over 12 years old are permitted and all visitors must have received a second dose of a COVID vaccination at least 14 days prior to their visit
- Visitors will be asked to complete a rapid antigen test as a condition of entry
- Unvaccinated visitors can only undertake a window visit (which must be pre-booked) and must not enter the home, except when the residents is at the end of life. Please speak to your loved one’s Care Manager directly to gain the necessary approval to visit
Please ensure that you:
- Refrain from visiting if you have COVID-19 symptoms
- Refrain from visiting if you are a close or casual contact of a person with confirmed COVID-19, unless they have completed their isolation and testing requirements.
- Close contacts should not enter high risk settings for at least 14 days since their exposure to a COVID-positive person
- Refrain from visiting if you have been overseas in the previous 14 days, unless you are fully vaccinated and have received a negative PCR test 7 days or later after arrival in NSW
- Refrain from visiting if you are waiting for a COVID-19 test result
- Practice good hand hygiene and socially distance
- Check in to the Service NSW app AND Whiddon’s check-in system when you visit
We thank you for your ongoing understanding and support. We genuinely understand that this has been a challenging time and we look forward to seeing you soon.