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CMS relaxes visitor restrictions at long term care facilities

Just in time for the holidays, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released new guidelines for nursing homes, allowing the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd (LHGS) in New Rockford to remove nearly all limitations for visits at their facility.

According to the new CMS guidelines released on Nov. 12, visitation at nursing homes must be available at all times, and for all r...