{"id":23185,"date":"2022-08-29T05:09:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T05:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/?page_id=23185"},"modified":"2022-08-30T06:36:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T06:36:36","slug":"update-for-whiddon-casino-families-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/update-for-whiddon-casino-families-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Update for Whiddon Casino Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>29 August 2022<\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>We are pleased to advise that, in alignment with the Public Health Unit, the COVID-19 outbreak at Whiddon Casino has now been declared as being officially over.<\/p>\n<p>We are in a position to <strong>welcome back visitors to all areas of Whiddon Casino as of today, Monday 29 August,<\/strong> and can confirm that all functions of the home have returned to normal.<\/p>\n<p>We thank all families, residents and staff for your ongoing support and co-operation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note the following visitation guidelines:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whiddon strongly recommends all relevant vaccinations of both COVID-19 and influenza for all visitors.<\/li>\n<li>Non-vaccinated visitors are able to visit their loved ones in an outdoor area wearing N95 masks and face shields. Non-vaccinated visitors should not enter a home unless approval is given by the DCS\/DDCS Team based on individual circumstances e.g. end of life, compassionate visits, resident wellbeing.<\/li>\n<li>Visitors must wear an N95 mask, face shield and complete a rapid antigen test as a condition of entry.<\/li>\n<li>Up to 2 children under 12 years are permitted to visit provided they are accompanied by a fully vaccinated person.<\/li>\n<li>Wherever possible, the visit should be in residents\u2019 rooms or in an outdoor area. Visits should not be in any indoor communal areas.<\/li>\n<li>Visitors must check in through our visitor check-in system.<\/li>\n<li>Visitors must not visit if they have COVID-19 symptoms, or if they have been exposed to COVID-19 (unless they have completed their self-isolation and testing requirements). People who have had high risk exposures should not enter high risk settings for at least 14 days since their exposure to a COVID-positive person.<\/li>\n<li>Visitors must not visit if they are waiting for a COVID-19 test result, feel unwell or have been overseas in the previous 14 days, unless they are: fully vaccinated, it has been at least 7 days after arrival and they have received a negative antigen test 6 days or later after arriving in NSW.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We look forward to seeing you soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Whiddon Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>29 August 2022 We are pleased to advise that, in alignment with the Public Health Unit, the COVID-19 outbreak at Whiddon Casino has now been declared as being officially over. We are in a position to welcome back visitors to all areas of Whiddon Casino as of today, Monday 29 August, and can confirm that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25123,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23185\/revisions\/25123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}