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Utah’s long-term care facilities slowly loosen their COVID-19 safety rules

Following months of seeing relatives through Plexiglas, residents are getting to see loved ones in person.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune)  Barbara Harding shares a laugh with her mother Jeanette Wilkins, 88, during a visit at The Ridge Cottonwood, a long-term care facility where Wilkins lives, Mar. 24, 2021. Wilkins gets visits from her family members in her room now that the facility is starting to loosen its visitor restrictions.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Barbara Harding shares a laugh with her mother Jeanette Wilkins, 88, during a visit at The Ridge Cottonwood, a long-term care facility where Wilkins lives, Mar. 24, 2021. Wilkins gets visits from her family members in her room now that the facility is starting to loosen its visitor restrictions.