COVID-19 – New Policies and Procedures Summary
Maximum Capacity: 25 members
Visitor Policy:
Visitors will not be allowed, with the exception of any “at-home health” services. Vaccinated volunteers will be allowed.
Screening:
Each person, before they enter the building, will have their temperature taken. Anyone who has a fever (99.5˚F/37.5˚C) will not be allowed into the building, until they can produce a doctor’s note that they do not have COVID-19 or any other communicable diseases that could spread throughout the Center and they have no symptoms.
Day to Day Operations
Each day, high-touch areas will be cleaned according to the CDC recommendation.
EPA-approved, or appropriate substitute, hand sanitizer will be available in each room.
Wet wipes, or a CDC-approved substitute, will also be available alongside hand sanitizer.
Employees will wipe down all high-traffic surfaces after they are touched throughout the facility.This includes, but is not limited to, doorknobs, toilet handles, faucets and light switches
Members and employees will wear masks at all times, except when eating and drinking.
Inside the building, activities will be limited to those that can be done while remaining 6 feet away from one another.
We acknowledge that there will be times when our employees will be required to be within 6 feet of our members. Should this need arise, our members will adhere to the standards that has been reviewed at our training.
In the event of a reported case of COVID19 from one of our members’ family members, the member will be asked to maintain a 14-day quarantine and 2 consecutive negative COVID-19 tests, taken no less than 24 hours apart.
If an employee or a member contracts COVID19, first, we will call the Texas Department of Health, per the CDC recommendation. As soon as there is a confirmed case, we will notify everyone that came into contact with the individual. This means everyone that was present the last day that the individual was present the last time they attended and each person that attended since that day (ie, if Person A last attended on Monday and, on Wednesday, we find out that they have contracted COVID19, we will notify each person that came to the center on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.).
Each person that has come into contact with a confirmed case of COVID19 and are symptomatic themselves will be expected to self-quarantine for 14 days and obtain 2 consecutive negative COVID-19 tests taken no less than 24 hours apart before they will be allowed back as a member or an employee.
Drop-off Procedure
Members will be screened before they exit the car. Once cleared, an employee will help the member into the building.
Screening:
An employee will meet the member at their car and take the member’s temperature. Per CDC-recommendation, the employee will ask the following questions:
Do you have any of the following symptoms:
- Fever or chill
- Cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Fatigue
- Muscle or body aches
- Headache
- New loss of taste or smell
- Sore throat
- Congestion or runny nose
- Diarrhea
- In the last 2 weeks have you travelled outside the DFW metroplex?
- Have you visited a hospital, doctor’s office or nursing home?
If the member has a fever of 99.5˚F/37.5˚C or higher, they will not be allowed in the building and sent home. They will only be allowed back with a medical release and 2 consecutive COVID-19 tests taken no less than 24 hours apart.
After the screening is complete, the employee will have the client sign the member in and escort the member into the building.
