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Consumer Newsletter – August 2020 US
Edition; By Elyse Umlauf-Garneau |
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Protocols for Nursing
Home Visits
For
anyone with parents or loved ones living in a long-term care facility, the
months of separation because of Covid-19 lockdowns has made the stay-at-home
orders doubly painful.
You
not only miss your loved ones but also worry about their physical and mental
well-being and the toll so many months of isolation has taken.
And
though you want to visit – some states are now allowing in-person get-togethers
–it’s natural to be concerned about your health and that of long-term care
residents.
As
such facilities begin to open for in-person visits again, it’s important to understand the facility’s protocols and how you and your loved one will
be kept safe.
AARP
offers some key questions everyone should ask before planning a visit,
including:
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What
is the nursing home doing to help make it safe for visitors to come back?
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What
protection and social-distancing measures are in place
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Are
you doing everything possible to minimize risks to residents?
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Will
visits be restricted by time and place?
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What
kind of health checks will be required for visitors?
To
check whether your state has resumed in-person visits to nursing homes, see https://bit.ly/30JAlkL. In some, including Arizona,
Florida, and Texas, visits are forbidden, unless there are unique circumstances
like end-of-life situations.
Ohio
nursing homes are opening up for outdoor visits, and facilities in other states
are reopening with specific restrictions in place. Those include things like
outdoor visits, scheduled visits during specific hours, and limits on how many
people can see a given resident at a time.
Markets
Recovering, Says NAR Survey
Especially
if you were poised to sell your home before the pandemic, one gnawing question
likely has been what impact Covid-19 would have on the real estate market.
The
National Association of REALTORS® took a look at this issue by
polling members in late June.
Its
2020 Market Recovery Survey shows that markets are recovering, with 45% of
respondents saying that their market is slowly entering recovery and 28% saying
their marketing is hotter than normal.
And if you’re selling a home,
the good news is that buyers are returning. In fact, 9% of respondents
to the NAR survey said that all of their buyers have returned and 18% said that
their buyers never left.
In rural areas and small towns,
33% said their market is hotter than normal, though 40% said the market is
slowly entering recovery.
In urban areas, 49% said the
market is slowly entering recovery, 17%
reported that it’s back to normal and 23% reported that their market is
hotter than normal.
Here’s a breakdown of what’s
happening.
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Small
town/Rural |
Urban
area |
Suburban
area |
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No
buyers paused, continued to work with buyers |
23% |
17% |
17% |
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No
buyers have returned |
5% |
11% |
9% |
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Less
than 25% |
19% |
21% |
20% |
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25%-50% |
22% |
25% |
21% |
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51%-99% |
21% |
17% |
24% |
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100%
of buyers returned |
9% |
9% |
10% |
The survey also includes
information about buyers’ timelines, home features important in a new home, and
the importance of technology.
For example, if you’re buying
or selling in the next year, expect to see real estate practitioners rely on
technology more. Sixty-seven percent of respondents expect the demand for Zoom
and other video technologies for client communications to increase. Increased
demand for other technologies also is expected to rise, and those include
virtual tours (66%), live virtual tours (63% conducted by an aging using
video), and virtual open houses (60%).
See more results from the
survey on the SRES blog, and read the complete survey at
(https://bit.ly/32ICQGB).
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