Tainan City's "Long-term Care Institutions" formulates new standards for epidemic prevention and calls for foreign caregivers and visitors to cooperate

The Tainan City Government (台南市府) announced new regulations on epidemic prevention measures for residential long-term care institutions. Mayor Huang Wei-Che (黃偉哲) pointed out that because the residents living in long-term care institutions are mostly elderly people, and most have poor health conditions, or have poor ability to take care of themselves; if one person gets infected, it may lead to a chain of infections and go out of control. Therefore, for safety, we must be very strict and careful. We hope that the public will work together to protect our communities.

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The Tainan City Government urges foreign caregivers and visitors to cooperate in epidemic prevention. Photo/Provided by Tainan City Government

Social Affairs Bureau (社會局) Director Chen Jung-Chi (陳榮枝) stated that Tainan City's residential type long-term care institutions have relaxed their epidemic prevention regulations to level 2, and the basic principles include: temperature measurement, wearing masks, alcohol disinfection, and comprehensive real-name system, etc. For those who return to the residential long-term care institutions after a leave of even one day, one must present a negative Covid screening certificate taken within 3 days before returning to the institution, and this is self-financed. Then another screening will be performed on the 7th and 14th day from the date of return to the institution, which is again at their own expense. The long-term care resident is advised not to participate in group activities within 14 days after returning to the institution.

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The Tainan City Government urges foreign caregivers and visitors to cooperate in epidemic prevention. Photo/Provided by Tainan City Government

As for the visitation regulations, the partitions will be removed, but the elderly and their visitors must still maintain social distancing. At present, the appointment system is still adopted and not more than 3 visitors in each area are allowed during the fixed time of the day. If there are three visiting areas, each area is limited to 3 people. In addition, the staff and residents of long-term care institutions must be especially careful to prevent the epidemic. Therefore, relevant epidemic prevention regulations are formulated for visiting family members, and the public should cooperate.