Utah’s long-term care facilities slowly loosen their COVID-19 safety rules

Following months of seeing relatives through Plexiglas, residents are getting to see loved ones in person.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Barbara Harding shares a laugh with her mother Jeanette Wilkins, 88, during a visit at The Ridge Cottonwood, a long-term care facility where Wilkins lives, Mar. 24, 2021. Wilkins gets visits from her family members in her room now that the facility is starting to loosen its visitor restrictions.

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Sean P. MeansCulture, Food & Business Editor

Sean P. Means has been reporting and editing for The Salt Lake Tribune since 1991 — including 25 years as movie critic. Since 2018, he has reported on arts and culture reporter, and breaking news — and was part of The Tribune’s COVID-19 reporting team. He reviews movies for MovieCricket.net and X96’s “Radio From Hell” program.