{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"submitter":["Xu H"],"funding":["NIA NIH HHS","National Institutes of Health"],"pubmed_abstract":["Visitation restrictions in nursing homes were a major policy intervention in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study conducted a systematic review of the changes in federal and state visitation policies. After the federal recommendations restricting all visitors and non-essential healthcare personnel, 31 states implemented state-wide indoor visitation bans in March and April of 2020. Federal guidance changed in September 2020 and again after the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines in early 2021. State visitation bans were lifted from 6/15/2020 to 11/2/2020, lasting an average of 163 days. When lifting bans, most states required that nursing homes have no resident COVID-19 cases and implement mitigation measures during the visit. Resident COVID-19 infection rates decreased by an average of 7.2 cases per 10,000 residents per week in the six weeks before state bans were lifted (<i>p</i> = .003). Large variations in state bans call for more consistent policy implementation in a future pandemic."],"journal":["Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society"],"pagination":["7334648251324269"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12353094"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Changes in Federal and State Policies on Visitation Restrictions in Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic."],"pmcid":["PMC12353094"],"funding_grant_id":["R01 AG087296","P30 AG024832","R01 AG081282","R01AG081282","R01AG087296","P30AG024832"],"pubmed_authors":["Heston-Mullins J","Li S","Kuo YF","Bowblis JR","Xu H","Goodwin JS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Changes in Federal and State Policies on Visitation Restrictions in Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","description":"Visitation restrictions in nursing homes were a major policy intervention in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study conducted a systematic review of the changes in federal and state visitation policies. After the federal recommendations restricting all visitors and non-essential healthcare personnel, 31 states implemented state-wide indoor visitation bans in March and April of 2020. Federal guidance changed in September 2020 and again after the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines in early 2021. State visitation bans were lifted from 6/15/2020 to 11/2/2020, lasting an average of 163 days. When lifting bans, most states required that nursing homes have no resident COVID-19 cases and implement mitigation measures during the visit. Resident COVID-19 infection rates decreased by an average of 7.2 cases per 10,000 residents per week in the six weeks before state bans were lifted (<i>p</i> = .003). Large variations in state bans call for more consistent policy implementation in a future pandemic.","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Mar","modification":"2026-04-16T15:08:46.065Z","creation":"2026-04-07T14:12:20.048Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12353094","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40155317"],"doi":["10.1177/07334648251324269"]}}