Center of Family Love implements new policies to protect residents from COVID-19

OKARCHE – Due to the increased risk of serious complications from COVID-19 for individuals with disabilities, The Center of Family Love is taking precautionary measures to protect its 130 intellectually and physically disabled residents from coming in contact with potential carriers of COVID-19. 
 
As of Monday, March 16, the nonprofit organization closed its doors to all visitors, including family, volunteers and supporters, until further notice. Only medically essential personnel are allowed on the center’s residential and vocational campuses for the duration of the COVID-19 threat.
 
The center has defined medically essential personnel as employees, medication delivery personnel, designated health care providers, designated mental health care providers, home health personnel and hospice personnel.
 
Additional protective measures include indefinitely suspended off-campus resident trips along with temperature screenings, footwear sanitization and mandatory reporting of symptoms and exposure for all medically essential personnel entering on-campus facilities.
 
For more information on the center’s precautions, visit centeroffamilylove.org/covid-19.