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Florida task force on reopening nursing homes can’t agree on hugging, hand-holding

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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ task force on safely reopening nursing homes and long-term care facilities on Tuesday agreed on everything except touching: who can and cannot touch their loved ones inside facilities.The task force includes the secretary for the Agency for Healthcare Administration, the Florida Healthcare Association, which represents nursing homes, the Florida Surgeon General and Mary Daniel, a caregiver so desperate to see her husband suffering from Alzheimer’s disease inside a Jacksonville nursing home that she took a job washing dishes.Task force members agreed to allow in “essential caregivers” -- those who “provide healthcare services and/or assistance with activities of daily living to help maintain or improve the quality of care.

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