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Information on Visiting

Visitation Guidelines

We have received guidance issued by the NYS DOH regarding staff booster shots and visitor testing. The latest guidance was issued in May 2023. The following are some highlights of the guidance: 

Visitor and Staff Masking:

  • Masking is optional for residents, patients, visitors, and staff in most Jewish Home facilities and programs, in accordance with the guidance from the Department of Health and the Center for Disease Control.

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.
  • 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
  • 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.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding these updates, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.

Click to view our Pandemic Disaster Plan. Click to view our annual Emergency Preparedness information. 

Thank you again for your ongoing cooperation and understanding.

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More On Visitation

More On Visitation

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.

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.