{"id":2304,"date":"2020-03-10T17:54:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T17:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abbyservices.com\/covid-19-and-private-in-home-care\/"},"modified":"2023-05-18T11:15:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T16:15:45","slug":"covid-and-in-home-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abbyservices.com\/covid-and-in-home-care\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID and in-home care &#8211; #1 expert advice"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2304\" class=\"elementor elementor-2304\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49748838 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49748838\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41dc870d\" data-id=\"41dc870d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d637b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d637b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COVID and in-home care.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99881ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99881ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>COVID and in-home care: As details emerge about COVID 19 in-home caregivers will be tasked with the decision of whether or not they can provide care to infected individuals. The following are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-nCoV\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CDC recommendations for COVID 19<\/a>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92e5b58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92e5b58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COVID and in-home care: Update 10\/8\/21<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f043ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f043ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While COVID and in-home care availability continue to affect our area we are seeing bright spots. After record-high numbers, COVID numbers seem to be n a downward trend. Fortunately, many seniors have proactively sought out COVID vaccination and continue to make the choice for newly available booster shots. Abby Services has COVID care kits that provide protective and sanitization supplies to help clients and caregivers remain COVID-free.<\/p><p>All in-home caregivers have been encouraged to get COVID vaccinated and have been presented with CDC guidance. Despite this information, some remain unvaccinated through fear or choice.\u00a0<\/p><p>We at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abbyservices.com\">Abby Services<\/a> will continue to encourage and support responsible management of COVID and in-home care, both in our senior community of Fort Myers and Cape Coral, but also with the caregiver community that provides in-home care.<\/p><p>Use the CDC&#8217;s vaccine finder to see where you can get vaccinated.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56d7f57 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"56d7f57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/covid-19\/reporting\/vaccinefinder\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">CDC Vaccine Finder: Vaccination Sites<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d76e28d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"d76e28d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/5vsjmahMHGc&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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CDC will update this interim guidance as needed and as additional information becomes available.<\/p><p>Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, some causing illness in people and others that circulate among animals, including camels, cats, and bats. Rarely, animal coronaviruses can infect people exposed to infected animals, and then spread among people, as has been seen with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/mers\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MERS<\/a><u>-CoV<\/u> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/sars\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SARS<\/a><u>-CoV<\/u>, and likely now with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.\u00a0<\/p><p>This interim guidance may help prevent this virus from spreading among people in their homes and in other residential communities Covid and in-home care.<\/p><p>This interim guidance is intended for Covid and in-home care as well as:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/hcp\/guidance-prevent-spread.html#First_heading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People with confirmed or suspected COVID-19,<\/a> including persons under investigation, who do not need to be hospitalized and who can receive care at home (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/hcp\/guidance-home-care.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fguidance-home-care.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interim Guidance for Implementing Home Care of People Not Requiring Hospitalization for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)<\/a>);<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/hcp\/guidance-prevent-spread.html#First_heading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People with confirmed COVID-19,<\/a> who were hospitalized and then determined to be medically stable to go home (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/hcp\/guidance-home-care.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fguidance-home-care.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interim Guidance for Implementing Home Care of People Not Requiring Hospitalization for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)<\/a>);<\/li><li>Household members, intimate partners, and caregivers in a nonhealthcare setting of a person with symptomatic, laboratory-confirmed COVID-19.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row \"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><h3><strong>Prevention steps for COVID and in-home care.<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"card mb-3\"><div class=\"card-body bg-amber-t\"><p><strong>People with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 (including persons under investigation) who do not need to be hospitalized<\/strong><\/p><p><em><u>and <\/u><\/em><\/p><p><strong>People with confirmed COVID-19 who were hospitalized and determined to be medically stable to go home<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row \"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><p>Your healthcare provider and public health staff will evaluate whether you can be cared for at home. If it is determined that you do not need to be hospitalized and can be isolated at home, you will be monitored by staff from your local or state health department.\u00a0<\/p><p>You should follow the prevention steps below until a healthcare provider or local or state health department says you can return to your normal activities.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row \"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><div><h3>Stay home except to get medical care<\/h3><p>People who are mildly ill with COVID-19 are able to isolate at home during their illness. You should restrict activities outside your home, except for getting medical care. Do not go to work, school, or public areas. Avoid using public transportation, ride-sharing, or taxis. Covid and in home care.<\/p><h3>Separate yourself from other people and animals in your home<\/h3><p>People: As much as possible, you should stay in a specific room and away from other people in your home. Also, you should use a separate bathroom, if available.<\/p><p>Animals: You should restrict contact with pets and other animals while you are sick with COVID-19, just like you would around other people. Although there have not been reports of pets or other animals becoming sick with COVID-19, it is still recommended that people sick with COVID-19 limit contact with animals until more information is known about the virus. When possible, have another member of your household care for your animals while you are sick.\u00a0<\/p><p>If you are sick with COVID-19, avoid contact with your pet, including petting, snuggling, being kissed or licked, and sharing food. If you must care for your pet or be around animals while you are sick, wash your hands before and after you interact with pets and wear a facemask. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/faq.html#2019-nCoV-and-animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19 and Animals<\/a> for more information.<\/p><h3>Call ahead before visiting your doctor<\/h3><p>If you have a medical appointment, call the healthcare provider and tell them that you have or may have COVID-19. This will help the healthcare provider\u2019s office take steps to keep other people from getting infected or exposed.<\/p><h3>Wear a facemask<\/h3><p>You should wear a facemask when you are around other people (e.g., sharing a room or vehicle) or pets and before you enter a healthcare provider\u2019s office. If you are not able to wear a facemask (for example, because it causes trouble breathing), then people who live with you should not stay in the same room with you, or they should wear a facemask if they enter your room.<\/p><h3>Cover your coughs and sneezes<\/h3><p>Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw used tissues in a lined trash can. Immediately wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or, if soap and water are not available, clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.<\/p><h3>Clean your hands often<\/h3><p>Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing; going to the bathroom; and before eating or preparing food. If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol, covering all surfaces of your hands and rubbing them together until they feel dry.<\/p><p>Soap and water are the best option if hands are visibly dirty. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.<\/p><h3>Avoid sharing personal household items<\/h3><p>You should not share dishes, drinking glasses, cups, eating utensils, towels, or bedding with other people or pets in your home. After using these items, they should be washed thoroughly with soap and water.<\/p><h3>Clean all \u201chigh-touch\u201d surfaces every day<\/h3><p>High touch surfaces include counters, tabletops, doorknobs, bathroom fixtures, toilets, phones, keyboards, tablets, and bedside tables. Also, clean any surfaces that may have blood, stool, or body fluids on them. Use a household cleaning spray or wipe, according to the label instructions.\u00a0<\/p><p>Labels contain instructions for safe and effective use of the cleaning product including precautions you should take when applying the product, such as wearing gloves and making sure you have good ventilation during use of the product.<\/p><h3>Monitor your symptoms<\/h3><p>Seek prompt medical attention if your illness is worsening (e.g., difficulty breathing). <strong>Before<\/strong> seeking care, call your healthcare provider and tell them that you have, or are being evaluated for, COVID-19. Put on a facemask before you enter the facility. These steps will help the healthcare provider\u2019s office to keep other people in the office or waiting room from getting infected or exposed.\u00a0<\/p><p>Ask your healthcare provider to call the local or state health department. Persons who are placed under active monitoring or facilitated self-monitoring should follow instructions provided by their local health department or occupational health professionals, as appropriate. When working with your local health department check their available hours.<\/p><p>If you have a medical emergency and need to call 911, notify the dispatch personnel that you have, or are being evaluated for COVID-19. If possible, put on a facemask before emergency medical services arrive.<\/p><h3>Discontinuing home isolation<\/h3><p>Patients with confirmed COVID-19 should remain under home isolation precautions until the risk of secondary transmission to others is thought to be low. The decision to discontinue home isolation precautions should be made on a case-by-case basis, in consultation with healthcare providers and state and local health departments.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row \"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><p><strong><a id=\"precautions\"><\/a>Recommended precautions for household members, intimate partners, and caregivers in a nonhealthcare setting<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/hcp\/guidance-prevent-spread.html#f1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><a id=\"precautions\"><\/a>\u00a0of<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"card mb-3\"><div class=\"card-body bg-amber-t\"><p><strong>A patient with symptomatic laboratory-confirmed COVID-19<\/strong><\/p><p><em><u>or<\/u><\/em><\/p><p><strong>A patient under investigation<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><p>Household members, intimate partners, and caregivers in a nonhealthcare setting may have close contact<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/hcp\/guidance-prevent-spread.html#f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a><\/sup> with a person with symptomatic, laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 or a person under investigation.\u00a0<\/p><p>Close contacts should monitor their health; they should call their healthcare provider right away if they develop symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 (e.g., fever, cough, shortness of breath) (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/php\/risk-assessment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interim US Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Persons with Potential Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Exposure in Travel-associated or Community Settings<\/a>.)<\/p><p>Close contacts should also follow these recommendations:<\/p><ul><li>Make sure that you understand and can help the patient follow their healthcare provider\u2019s instructions for medication(s) and care. You should help the patient with basic needs in the home and provide support for getting groceries, prescriptions, and other personal needs.<\/li><li>Monitor the patient\u2019s symptoms. If the patient is getting sicker, call his or her healthcare provider and tell them that the patient has laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. This will help the healthcare provider\u2019s office take steps to keep other people in the office or waiting room from getting infected. Ask the healthcare provider to call the local or state health department for additional guidance. If the patient has a medical emergency and you need to call 911, notify the dispatch personnel that the patient has, or is being evaluated for COVID-19.<\/li><li>Household members should stay in another room or be separated from the patient as much as possible. Household members should use a separate bedroom and bathroom, if available.<\/li><li>Prohibit visitors who do not have an essential need to be in the home.<\/li><li>Household members should care for any pets in the home. Do not handle pets or other animals while sick.\u00a0 For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/faq.html\/#2019-nCoV-and-animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19 and Animals<\/a>.<\/li><li>Make sure that shared spaces in the home have good air flow, such as by an air conditioner or an opened window, weather permitting.<\/li><li>Perform hand hygiene frequently. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains 60 to 95% alcohol, covering all surfaces of your hands and rubbing them together until they feel dry. Soap and water should be used preferentially if hands are visibly dirty.<\/li><li>Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.<\/li><li>The patient should wear a facemask when you are around other people. If the patient is not able to wear a facemask (for example, because it causes trouble breathing), you, as the caregiver, should wear a mask when you are in the same room as the patient.<\/li><li>Wear a disposable facemask and gloves when you touch or have contact with the patient\u2019s blood, stool, or body fluids, such as saliva, sputum, nasal mucus, vomit, urine.<ul><li>Throw out disposable facemasks and gloves after using them. Do not reuse.<\/li><li>When removing personal protective equipment, first remove and dispose of gloves. Then, immediately clean your hands with soap and water or alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Next, remove and dispose of facemask, and immediately clean your hands again with soap and water or alcohol-based hand sanitizer.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Avoid sharing household items with the patient. You should not share dishes, drinking glasses, cups, eating utensils, towels, bedding, or other items. After the patient uses these items, you should wash them thoroughly (see below \u201cWash laundry thoroughly\u201d).<\/li><li>Clean all \u201chigh-touch\u201d surfaces, such as counters, tabletops, doorknobs, bathroom fixtures, toilets, phones, keyboards, tablets, and bedside tables, every day. Also, clean any surfaces that may have blood, stool, or body fluids on them.<ul><li>Use a household cleaning spray or wipe, according to the label instructions. Labels contain instructions for safe and effective use of the cleaning product including precautions you should take when applying the product, such as wearing gloves and making sure you have good ventilation during use of the product.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Wash laundry thoroughly.<ul><li>Immediately remove and wash clothes or bedding that have blood, stool, or body fluids on them.<\/li><li>Wear disposable gloves while handling soiled items and keep soiled items away from your body. Clean your hands (with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer) immediately after removing your gloves.<\/li><li>Read and follow directions on labels of laundry or clothing items and detergent. In general, using a normal laundry detergent according to washing machine instructions and dry thoroughly using the warmest temperatures recommended on the clothing label.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>When managing COVID and in-home care, Place all used disposable gloves, facemasks, and other contaminated items in a lined container before disposing of them with other household waste. Clean your hands (with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer) immediately after handling these items. Soap and water should be used preferentially if hands are visibly dirty.<\/li><li>Discuss any additional questions about COVID and in-home care with your state or local health department or healthcare provider. Check available hours when contacting your local health department.<\/li><\/ul><h3>Footnotes for Covid and in-home care<\/h3><p><sup><a id=\"f1\"><\/a>1<\/sup>Home healthcare personnel should refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-nCoV\/hcp\/infection-control.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Known or Patients Under Investigation for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a Healthcare Setting.<\/a><\/p><p><sup><a id=\"f2\"><\/a>2<\/sup>Close contact is defined as\u2014<\/p><p>a) being within approximately 6 feet (2 meters) of a COVID-19 case for a prolonged period of time; close contact can occur while caring for, living with, visiting, or sharing a health care waiting area or room with a COVID-19 case<\/p><p><em>\u2013 or \u2013<\/em><\/p><p>b) having direct contact with infectious secretions of a COVID-19 case (e.g., being coughed on).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row d-none d-lg-block\"><div class=\"col pca\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col last-reviewed\"><p>Page last reviewed: <span id=\"last-reviewed-date\">March 6, 2020<\/span><\/p><div class=\"d-none d-lg-block content-source\">Content source: <a class=\"td-none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncird\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Center for Immunization an<\/a><\/div><div class=\"d-none d-lg-block content-source\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"d-none d-lg-block content-source\">For those managing COVID and in-home care, managing the two can be challenging. It is important to take measures to protect yourself, your caregiver, and the ones you love.\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID and in-home care. COVID and in-home care: As details emerge about COVID 19 in-home caregivers will be tasked with the decision of whether or not they can provide care to infected individuals. 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