ANHF Residential aged care facilities

• Given each residential aged care facility may be impacted by the risk of COVID-19 exposure differently, all people intending to go to the nursing home should take their responsibility to contact each nursing home directly to find out what are their visiting conditions including PPE protocols at the moment.
• All visitors must pass entry health screening including presenting a negative result from a PCR Test or a negative Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) which was completed within 72 hours and are compliant with PPE and visiting protocols.
• Wherever possible, visits should be held outdoors or in well-ventilated areas. Care should be taken to avoid crowding within the facility.
• All visitors should be encouraged to maintain physical distancing of 1.5m, particularly in communal areas.
• Visitors are strongly encouraged to get up to date booster vaccine if they are eligible for one.
• Fire Brigade, Ambulance staff and police are emergency service providers who are not classified as visitors and are not required to undertake a RAT prior to entry.
• Please note that the nursing home may need to take swift response to newly identified exposure risks, the visiting conditions may change in short notice and vary from one nursing home to another.
• Please follow the direction of the facility staff to put on PPE while visiting inside the facility if necessary.
• We will use other means such as telephone call or SMS to contact affected family, in additional to email at times of urgency.
• Visitors must not enter the facility at all if they
  • Have any COVID-19 symptoms or are waiting for a COVID-19 test result.
  • Tested positive for COVID-19. Visitors should not enter an RACF for at least 7 days after their positive test, unless authorised by the RACF for compassionate reasons.
  • Been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19. They should avoid visiting an RACF for at least 5 days.