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With a growing aging population, the demand for caregiving is increasing. However, the tools to provide guidance and support are not.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It’s a major milestone in Florida’s efforts to reopen long-term care facilities to visitors. Before Wednesday’s meeting edited the wording, even essential caregivers wouldn’t have been permitted physical touch. RELATED: Long-term care facilities weighing how to safely allow visitors | Panel explores allowing visitors back into Florida’s long-term care facilitiesUnder the plan, those who provide emotional and daily support, like a spouse or family member, will now be considered essential caregivers and will be allowed to see and touch their loved one in long-term care. Before Wednesday’s meeting edited the wording, even essential caregivers wouldn’t have been permitted physical touch. Mary Daniel, who sits on the governor’s task force, took a job washing dishes at a long-term care facility so she could be closer to her husband, who has Alzheimer’s.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The ongoing discussion of how to safely reopen Floridas long-term care facilities to limited visitation continues. The meeting went on for over an hour and a half, and the big focus was on essential caregivers. It was agreed by state health and elder care officials that theres an urgent need to get essential caregivers back inside long-term care facilities. Shes pushing for essential caregivers across the state like herself to be allowed regular access to their loved ones. Daniel wants essential caregivers in first, even if its just one person.