MN Covid Restrictions: The End Is in Sight!

On May 6, Governor Walz held a press conference announcing a timeline to end COVID restrictions!

Step one – noon, May 7: Includes initial steps to relax some restrictions, primarily in outdoor settings.

Removes limits for outdoor dining, events, and other get-togethers, ends mask requirement outdoors except at large venues with over 500 people.
Eliminates state-established mandatory closing time for bars, restaurants, and food and beverage service at other places of public accommodation.

Step two – May 28: Remaining capacity and distancing limits come to an end, including for indoor events and gatherings. Requirements that remain include:

Face coverings indoors and for outdoor events that exceed 500 people.
There will be no new safety requirements for businesses, though they must maintain their plans to keep their employees and customers safe – as they have from the beginning of the pandemic – guided only by a minimal universal state guidance document.

Step three – No later than July 1: Mask mandate ends.

We are very excited to see a return to normalcy and want to encourage everyone to keep their immune systems strong! Vitamin D is an excellent immune booster, and former senator Scott Jensen has many videos with helpful advice. We are excited to see you soon!

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May 10, 2021

Joan Vaughn

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Written by Joan Vaughn

I’m Joan, and I know home care from the inside out. I’ve navigated my daughter through 24/7 home care nursing and managed her PCA’s. I’ve helped my parents move into (and out of) assisted living, Medicare episodes, skilled nurse visits, home health aids, and PCAs. Sandwiched in all of that, I’ve helped coordinate home care equipment and supplies, physical therapists, occupational therapists, county workers, and medications (oh, the medications). I know emergency departments, children’s hospitals, cancer wards, cardiac floors, and specialty units. I can recite health insurance policies (and call their bluff). I know a lot of other things in life too, like Shakespeare, where to sit to see a great sunset over a lake, how to keep myself healthy, how to read a profit/loss statement and state statutes, when to use a comma, and that gratitude is one of the keys to success. So I’m going to have this blog and write about home care from time to time. I’ll include topics like current legislation, professional boundaries in a tricky environment, and being a caregiver. I’ll also post some guest blogs from clients and nurses. Join me in the conversation.

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