Declaration lifted Visit at nursing home Partial resumption Movement New Corona May 22 8:02

In areas where the declaration of emergency has been lifted, there is a growing trend to partially restart visits at nursing homes, which were previously prohibited to prevent infection, in accordance with the guidelines of industry groups.

The National Council for the Elderly Welfare Facilities has announced that the emergency declaration has been lifted in many areas, so last week only for users in the Mitori period, the health of the family members who were not infected with the new coronavirus We have issued a response guideline that if a condition is not abnormal, an exceptional visit can be granted.

In response to this, at the special elderly nursing home in Nagoya, where we resumed meeting with residents during the Mitori period, a woman living in the city visited a 91-year-old mother on the 20th.

After checking the health condition, measuring the temperature, and sterilizing the hands and fingers at the entrance of the facility, the woman entered the mother's room and had a long-term visit.

Only one family member is allowed to visit, and it is limited to about 15 minutes, but the woman enjoyed the contact by feeding jelly.

The woman said, "I'm very happy to meet my mother and get in touch with her, thinking that she might not even be able to touch her when something happened."

"I'm glad that I was glad that some people were able to meet and cried because I was able to meet," said Yoko Inokai, a social welfare corporation that manages the facility. I would like to make it possible to visit while giving due consideration to the above, but I think there is still a problem in how to adopt a new lifestyle. "