As of Tuesday, the province announced that personal care homes can begin allowing indoor visits.

Vice President of acute and long term care with Prairie Mountain Health (PMH), Debbie Poole, says the restrictions on visits have been very challenging for residents and their families.

Managers have been working hard to get ready for allowing indoor visits, and are coordinating with families to set up a scheduling system.

Poole stresses that visits will be taking place in a designated space inside the personal care home, and not inside the resident's room.

She says visitors will have to follow safety protocols.

“We would be asking [visitors] to wear a mask; definitely will have to perform hand hygiene when they come in. They still will need to maintain social distancing.”

Poole recommends anyone looking for more information to visit the Shared Health website.