[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The updated policy will mean a resident can designate two caregivers who can visit without time limits.
Ontario long-term care residents allowed to leave for day trips, overnight If a home is not in outbreak, or the resident is not symptomatic or self-isolating, the caregivers can visit together.Since March, essential visitors such as family members have been allowed to visit homes to help provide care to a long-term care resident.But the government says the current rules have been applied inconsistently and left up to the discretion of homes..