Restrictions on visits

Do not visit aged care facilities if you:

• have been directed by SA Police to self-quarantine
• have a fever or symptoms of a respiratory infection such as a cough, sore throat or shortness of breath
• have been in contact with:
  • a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the last 14 days
  • anyone with a high temperature, fever, chills, symptoms of acute respiratory infection, or loss of taste and smell, in the last 72 hours.

You cannot enter an aged care facility:

• if you have not been vaccinated against 2020 seasonal influenza
• if you have undertaken a COVID-19 test and are awaiting the test result, unless part of routine surveillance testing and are not displaying symptoms.

Travellers from Victoria not permitted to enter a South Australian residential aged care facility.

If you are travelling from Victoria for an end of life visit, you will need to be provided approval by SA Health and the visiting facility prior to travel.

If you cannot visit your family and friends in a residential aged care facility, it’s important to keep in touch. Make phone or video calls, send postcards, photos or artwork or film short videos to share.

More information

More details available on the residential aged care direction.

Aged care facility visitation - COVID-19 - SA Health