A new phase has begun for social health and social welfare (RSA) structures. In addition to the reopening of visits for patients’ relatives, the green light for the safe resumption of group activities within the structures, so far blocked due to the Covid-19 emergency, also arrives from the Higher Institute of Health (Iss). The goal is to be able to see relatives and friends of elderly guests again. Outlining the reopening is the latest update of the ISS document “Interim indications for the prevention and control of Sars and socio-assistance” published today.
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This is a new version of the previous document which contained instructions to curb infections in these communities in the period of high circulation of the virus and instead takes into account the current epidemiological situation. The report underlines the possibility of resuming “in safety the activities of the social, health and social assistance structures in compliance with physical distancing” and identifies “the rules with which to guarantee access to the structures again through the admissions blocked so far and guarantee safe procedures in re-entered from hospitals “.
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“The well-being of the elderly and frail people, of those who live far from their families for reasons of non self-sufficiency, is also intimately linked to their emotional sphere – explains Paolo D’Ancona, ISS researcher and coordinator of the multidisciplinary working group who made the report -. The possibility of being able to meet loved ones and to nourish their relational life is not irrelevant to their state of health and therefore, today that the epidemiological situation allows it, after the efforts made to curb the infections, it is necessary to take a path that brings gradually to normal ».
