Current Visitation Rules

Dear Families, 

Good News! We have received updated guidance from the EOEA regarding protocols for staff, residents, and visitors. One major announcement was that our vaccinated residents no longer need to wear masks. The team at Prosper Life Care is extremely excited to roll out new activities and initiatives that will foster a fun and prosperous life at our community.

While the vaccines are a monumental step in the right direction, it is not time to become lackadaisical in our approach to safety as it relates to the Covid-19 pandemic. The EOEA has published an updated document of guidelines and procedures all assisted living communities must follow to ensure resident safety. Prosper Life Care has responded to that document with a Widespread Community Plan to comply with the EOEA’s initiatives. 

Part of this Widespread Community Plan is guidelines and procedures around visitors to our community. Please reference the details below if/when you plan on visiting your loved one at one of our Prosper Life Care communities. Please also note that these guidelines are subject to NO active COVID clusters in the building. A cluster is considered when two or more non-related cases happen at the same time. This is opposed to if two people get it from each other, which is considered a related case and does not require altering visitation guidelines so long as contact tracing has occurred, and no additional cases are noted. If a cluster is present, all families will be notified of the changes to visitation policies. Regardless of your current vaccination status, please call the main line and ask what the status is of COVID in the building and if visitation rules have changed. 

The guidelines are separated between Fully Vaccinated and unvaccinated Individuals. Fully vaccinated individuals are defined as 14 days or more after their final dose.  In a 2-dose series, like the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, the individual is fully vaccinated 14 days or more after their second dose.  After a single-dose vaccine, like Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine, the individual is fully vaccinated 14 days or more after the single dose. A person is considered Unvaccinated until 14 days after the final dose.

We will no longer be performing temperature checks and screening protocols upon entry, except for taking name and contact information.

Indoor Visits between Fully Vaccinated Individuals:

• Visitors must wear a mask in common areas, only.
• Visitors should perform hand hygiene before and after the visit. 
• Visitors cannot visit if they have symptoms of Covid-19 or have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19 within the past 2 weeks.
• Any individual who enters our community and develops signs and symptoms of COVID-19, such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, myalgia, chills, or new onset loss of smell or taste within two (2) days after must immediately notify us.

Indoor Visits between Unvaccinated Individuals:

• Unvaccinated visitors must wear a mask at ALL times inside the community.
• Visitors should perform hand hygiene before and after the visit. 
• Visitors cannot visit if they have symptoms of Covid-19 or have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19 within the past 2 weeks.
• Any individual who enters our community and develops signs and symptoms of COVID-19, such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, myalgia, chills, or new onset loss of smell or taste within two (2) days after must immediately notify us.
• If brief physical contact is desired by both parties, especially between resident and visitor, they must perform hand hygiene prior to and after touching, hug with their faces in opposite directions and avoid face-to-face contact even when face masks are used.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us on our main line at the community and someone will be glad to help!