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A1. Yes — AS LONG AS your staff are not infected. You may want to take extra precautions IF a staff member has been traveling or exposed and/or if you are at high-risk of infection. If you are infected, you may need to train them on the protocols outlined by the CDC.
A2. Exception. Some people with disabilities may not be able to afford to cancel staffing shifts because of their higher level of need in ADLs and hands-on care. In this case, follow the Recommendations for Close Contact with Others. The CDC has outlined recommendations for patients with symptoms and with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection. This includes household members, intimate partners, and home health workers in a home care setting.
Questions to Ask Your Staff to see how much risk they may bring to your household.
Staffing Case Studies -- here is how other clients and families are assessing their home care situation related to staffing
Use masks and coverings to the spread of the virus:
- When you have symptoms
- When in the presence of someone with symptoms.
- While in close-contact, high-touch situations, such as with hands-on PCA care in a Nursing Home Level of Care at Home
- Out in public. You never know when an infected person will get too close and start coughing or sneezing.
How to Safely Put On and Take Off a Mask (YouTube) -- NOTE: it's better to use soap and water for hand washing. Also, DO NOT TOUCH the inside part of the mask.
