THE NEW JEWISH HOME RESPONDS TO COVID-19

UPDATES

In order to limit the chance of exposing our patients and residents to potential COVID-19 in the community, we have updated the following policies.

Visitation

We are pleased to welcome families and loved ones back at some of our facilities for in-person visitation. Please note that it’s possible visitation may be suspended in the future, depending on the results of continued facility-wide testing. 

Manhattan Skilled Nursing Facility (effective May 11, 2021)

• • All units are eligible to participate in indoor visits, except Friedman 4 and 5, as they are currently on transmission-based precautions.
  • Visiting hours are 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Monday – Friday.
  • Each resident or patient may have two visitors at a time and each visit will be up to one-hour long.
  • Upon arrival, visitors must sign in at security and proceed immediately to the employee health clinic to complete a screening form and have their temperature checked. If the resident or patient is fully vaccinated, they are permitted to have physical contact with their visitors. Otherwise, you must maintain social distancing of 6 feet from the resident.
  • Visitors, residents and patients must wear a mask at all times and follow infection control protocols during the visit, and no food or drink is permitted during the visit.
  • We strongly encourage all visitors to escort their loved ones to the Friedman side of the garden to maintain social distancing. Visitation may also take place in the dining or common areas on the units, or in resident/patient rooms.
  • Visitors may not go to other areas in the building without prior authorization at any time during their visit.
  • Please visit our online portal, jewishhome.timetap.com, to schedule in-person visits and video calls.

Westchester skilled nursing facility (effective May 13, 2021)

• We are delighted to share that we have been cleared by the New York State Department of Health (DOH) to resume indoor visitation for all units with the exception of our Weinberg sub-acute unit.
• While scheduled appointments are no longer required, visitors must follow the following guidelines for indoor visitation.  
• Visits will last up to one hour and there is a two-person limit per visit. Families are asked to stagger their visits, as they may not enter if the resident/patient already has visitors.
• Visitors are required to sign in and out, complete a screening questionnaire and pass a temperature check to enter. Visitors will be provided a one-hour visitor pass, which must be worn at all times and returned to security at the end of the visit.
• Core safety practices will be strictly enforced: wearing a mask at all times, maintaining safe social distancing of six feet or more (unless the resident or patient is fully vaccinated—then physical contact with visitors is permitted), and using alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
• Families and loved ones are strongly encouraged to visit in the garden to help minimize the spread of infection. Visits may take place in the designated visiting areas on the units (dining rooms, day rooms, private rooms) and in the winter garden. Special accommodations will be made for residents who are unable to leave their rooms and visits may take place when the roommate is not present.
• Laundry, food, packages and other items must be brought to the security desk.
• If visitors are not feeling well, we ask that they postpone their visit until they feel better.

University Avenue Assisted Living (ALP)

• We are open for in-person visitation.
• Please reach out to Stephanie Davila to schedule a visit at sdavila@jewishhome.org or (347) 418-4263. If you are unable to reach Stephanie, please call (347) 418-4260 and a member of our administrative team will be happy to assist you in scheduling your visit.