Covin-19 Outbreak and the Disabled Population

All Group Homes and Nursing Care Facilities are on Lock Down due to the Covin-19 outbreak. No family members nor outsiders are allowed in facilities. This is for their utmost safety and everyone else’s. They stopped community outings also. 

The group homes are taking measures for hand washing and keeping a 6 foot distance when possible. This will be very difficult with the more severely disabled population who need intensive care. We have to hope the changes will not effect their mental well being too dramatically. Many kids with autism can not endure changes and it may be more difficult for them to cope. The trained staff who know them well will have to find ways of handling this or resort to prn medications to relieve their anxieties. 

Hopefully all the facilities are abiding with keeping the environment ultra-clean because it is said that this Virus can last 3 days on surfaces. We do not know how long these measures will be in effect but everything that can be done to protect the disabled residing in these institutions and others working around them will help in the long run until this Virus takes it's course.