IMPORTANT INFORMATION COVID-19

Mareeba Aged Care's top priority remains the safety of our residents, staff, families and visitors. Since the start of the Pandemic our policy has been to take a cautious approach in order to better protect our residents, staff, visitors and families.

This includes taking a number of actions including:

1. Continually monitoring information and advice regarding Covid-19
2. Restricting who can enter the facility
3. Screening everyone entering the facility
4. Rapid Antigen Testing for staff & visitors every 24 hours  
5. Rapid Antigen Testing for residents as required

In forming our policies and processes we are guided by advice from government, state and federal health departments, and industry peak bodies. The situation is extremely fluid with circumstances changing daily and as such our policy may change without notice.

CURRENT RESTRICTIONS – ON ENTRY

The following visitors and staff (including visiting workers) will not be permitted to enter the facility:

• unless anyone five years and older have undertaken and received a negative result from a COVID-19 RAT test on the same day that they attend the care facility.
• Visitors must not enter an RACF for at least 7 days after a positive COVID-19 RAT test, unless authorised by the RACF for compassionate reasons.