@MangyInseam
If someone told you, in your own home, that you were not allowed to leave or have guests, in case you might spread illness, that would be considered some kind of coercive control.
Older people still have all the normal rights of other adults. Being cared for in a facility does not mean that they are now sub-human people who can have others dictate their movements.
We have had seniors restricted in their facilities now for two years of covid. In some of these places, people's average stay is 18 months, pre-covid. Not because they get better and move out, but because they die. They have spent the last years of their lives locked in, and died relatively alone, in order to protect them from dying from covid.
I understand. It might seem unkind and cruel if you didn't recognise the public health reasoning behind it.
These facilities exist for a reason: families are unable to care for the person at home. Not all residents are elderly. Most of their needs are complex. To introduce covid into the mix is additionally cruel, and it would be a horrific way for any of these people to die. Allowing free visitation without strict protocols - eg. masks, LFT right beforehand visit in front office and shown to staff - would be brutal for this extremely vulnerable population.
Again, I'm unsure what your solution is, but you can't send people like this back into their home environment - their complex needs won't be met there. Remaining in the hospital system is obviously off the table too.