A reminder to residential aged care facilities (RACFs) in Greater Sydney (including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour) – they must:
- exclude all visitors, except those providing essential caring functions and end of life visits.
- ensure that all staff and essential care visitors wear a surgical mask. For reasons when masks can be removed please see additional advice here. All essential visits must be in the residents room.
- ensure that residents are provided with appropriate PPE and infection control advice if they need to leave the facility for essential purposes.
For all other facilities located in NSW:
- All staff and visitors must wear a surgical mask. For reasons when masks can be removed please see additional advice here.
- Only two visitors should be allowed each day.
- Visits should be in the resident’s room or another suitable location in the facility please see additional advice here.
- No visitors are permitted from Greater Sydney (including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour).
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