The coronavirus has certainly taken the spotlight in the news these days. Since the elderly are the most vulnerable, the Governor of Florida has implemented some new restrictions on Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities.
Governor DeSantis said, “These are important efforts to mitigate the risk to our most vulnerable population to COVID-19, which is our elderly population, particularly those with underlying medical conditions.”
By aggressively screening visitors, Florida hopes to avoid a repeat of problems in Washington state, where nursing home residents have died from the contagious respiratory disease.
“We see the tragic situation in Washington state at a nursing home there,” Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Mary Mayhew said. “The choice is clear: Florida will and must take every step to prevent real and potentially fatal threats to our elderly and senior populations and those with underlying health conditions.”
Part of The Homes of Ethnos360 includes an “Assisted Living Facility.” Some of these restrictions will apply to us here.
I mentioned previously that the staff here are stretched pretty thin in recent days. We do rely upon outside help from the community. These new restrictions could limit how much volunteer help that we can use from the outside.
We really need wisdom and grace as we navigate through this new paradigm of restrictions because of the coronavirus.
Bob
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This is God’s universe and He does things His way. Now, you may have a better way of doing things, but you don’t have a universe.
— J. Vernon McGee
