24 December 2021
Yesterday we received further advice from NSW Health regarding visitations during the Christmas period as a result of the current COVID-19 situation in our communities.
Please note the new guidelines below:
- Residents are permitted to have two fully vaccinated visitors aged 12 years and over plus two children aged under 12 years per day
- Visitors aged 12 years and over must have received a second dose of a COVID vaccination at least 14 days prior to their visit.
- Children under 12 years are permitted to visit, provided they are accompanied by a fully vaccinated person
- Where visits include a child under 12, visits are to take place in an outdoor area and if the child is greater than 3 years old they should wear a mask
- Visits must not take place in communal areas and where available, the preference is for visits to occur outdoors.
- All visitors must wear a surgical mask while visiting indoors. For reasons when masks can be removed please see Additional Advice – Mandatory mask wearing.
- Unvaccinated visitors are only permitted to visit a resident who is at the end of life. Please speak to your loved one’s Care Manager directly to gain the necessary approval to visit.
Please note that you must:
- pre-book your visits. Please note that the number of visitors allowed into a home at any one time may be restricted to enable management of capacity limits.
- refrain from visiting if you have COVID-19 symptoms
- refrain from visiting you are a close or casual contact of a person with confirmed COVID-19, unless they have completed their isolation and testing requirements
- refrain from visiting if you are a fully vaccinated person who has been overseas in the last 7 day. Additionally, they must show evidence of a negative COVID-19 test taken on or after day 7 following their arrival
- refrain from visiting if you are not vaccinated and have been overseas in the last 14 days.
- refrain from visiting if you are waiting for a COVID-19 test result
- practice good hand hygiene and socially distance
- wear a surgical mask
- check in to the Service NSW app AND Whiddon’s check-in system when you visit
We thank you for your patience and understanding and wish you a very Merry Christmas.