What are the guidelines for bringing home health nurse and physical therapist back to care for 95 year old mother?

Hello, Pamzimmrt:
I tried to offer some advise regarding your mother but see your frustration. AARP has good caregiving resources for ideas. Sorry that we are entirely unprepared for this health crisis. It's a very no-win situation, but I hope the best for your mom.

What do you mean by a "basic type" mask? The home made kind the CDC says is fine, or the hospital surgical type ( paper) we get to use for weeks at the hospital? If you expect a N95 type,, just be aware they are super tight and hard to talk with while they are on. I am not being smart arssed.. my point is that no one is sure what really works these days. And N95s are still hard to get even in the hospitals,, so I am sure your home care people are in the same bind! At 95 she is at risk just because of her age.. so I guess your real dilemma is how much you are willing to trade off for more care for her? And what does "extremely casually dressed" mean? Our PT always wore street clothes, the RNs/etc wore scrubs.. but in a home care setting it would be impossible for them to go home between clients and shower and change. It would be great if you could provide gloves and hand sanitizer,, we are having trouble finding them too! Good luck with this,, I would hope they would be fine,, but if you are really worried you may be able to ask for print outs of the exercizes and do them with her your self?

Something else.

I had (unfortunately) to go to the dentist today for an emergency and LOVED their protocol, I'm sharing it with you, what impressed me the most was that the whole protocol was prompted without talking, just smiles, naming the things one after the other and making me go through it without the possibility to question it!
The whole thing lasted less than a minute, I just didn't have the time to say a word!

1. Assistent opens the door, says hi, smiles with her eyes behind the mask and gives me some shoe covers pointing at my feet
2 Then says "Your gloves please" with something resembling joy
3. Cheerfully disposes of my gloves
4. Points me towards hands sanitizer, always smiling
5. Hands me a new pair of gloves, keeping smiling
6. Hands me a medical hair cover * smiles*
7. Hands me a medical apron and helps me tying it

40 seconds and I was made innocuos.
It really worked!

These are the best guidelines I found so far:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/884165/Domiciliary_guidance_England.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozY50PPmsvE&feature=youtu.be

I hope they can help you

COVID-19 is dangerous and makes no exceptions!!!! Wash your hands before touching your face, using the 6-foot social distance.
Have extra masks, nitrile gloves and sanitizers at your door. All visitors must use their own thermometers daily to check temperatures before entering your Mamas place. So Sorry. Those who do not pass must be sent home and call their doctors.