Anyone preparing an isolation suite just in case?

[covidisolation]

We are preparing an isolation suite in annex of the house. Just wondered if anyone else had done so and had tips of what to include especially if you have actually then had to use it and seen if it worked.

Alternatively links to any websites with advice or previous posts

Thanks

Well I'm guessing less than 1 in 50 will have an annexe to be able to do that. At most, some will have an en suite bedroom.
Many don't even have that.

We have 2 bedrooms, all of which are occupied so no 😂. I guess I could hide in the attic but it's probably pretty gross up there.

I have fully stocked the guest mansion with a thousand toilet rolls.

We used our spare bedroom and en suite last week for isolation when I had symptoms. Things I really appreciated were a kettle to make my own cups of tea, a bowl of fruit and some snacks. Warm clothes and somewhere to sit - I didn't actually feel particularly ill so didn't want to stay in bed all day but got very cold basically not able to move around much. Books, charging plug for phone, headphones.

By the time you are aware you have it, you will have infected other members of your household. It’s an entirely pointless idea. Turn your annex into a cinema room instead.

Sorry didn't mean to offend anyone - just thought it was a preppers section so people might be considering all options.

Thank you those with suggestions - I wasn't thinking of using it for illness - I would keep my bedroom for that but any ideas for the bedroom if ill are very welcome. Thank you WoollyFoolly.

It was more in case my husband had to leave isolation ie a child needed a trip to a&e for a broken arm for example then I could isolate in it for 2 weeks separately until we were more certain they hadn't caught something when they went out.

Oncemore - We are using it as a retreat at the moment for whoever needs space for their mental health and would continue to do so until the day it was needed for isolation. Hence available for TV or quiet studying on computer but not sure I want a cinema room as the lounge is fine.

I've seriously thought about it. But our house is tiny. In tbe event I'm the last person still well and I judged it wouldn't freak out the patients I might try a half arsed attempt at it.

I had considered an infected family member living in the garage!

Even if the infected person has already infected other members of the household, keeping the viral load down is essential to maximise the survival chances of the rest of the household, so isolation matters.

I’ve given this some thought:

Our bedroom is en-suite so it’s the obvious place to isolate. Over the last few weeks I’ve focused on keeping it clear of clutter and dust.

Depending on who needs to be inside, the first step is to remove what the other partner needs out of the room - clothes for at least a week, shoes, toiletries. Once the door closes there should be no reason to go back inside for anything.

Then I’ll be putting in towels, fresh sheets, toilet paper, kitchen roll and bin bags .

Probably the kettle, and maybe the microwave, with coffee, sugar, bottled water, soup, noodles, crackers and biscuits, couscous, microwave rice meals, tinned meatballs, etc. Also paracetamol and a thermometer.

Charger, laptop, phone, paper, pen

I’m thinking of taping black bags together to hang outside the bedroom door so I can leave food outside and then pull off the plastic and bin it each time. I don’t know if that’s massive overkill.

I have a supply of disposable plates, cups and cutlery. If I’m still healthy and providing care I don’t mind washing up, but if I got ill the disposables will be important.

Thank you Barbarara - that all sounds very sensible to me.

Has anyone seen other posts or websites with guidance for these preparations.

Anyone else preparing?

A computer chair
Entertainment - tv/PlayStation
Own separate thermometer
Washing up liquid to wash up own set of plates etc
Take food in on paper plates
Bucket and string to lower out the window for supplies
Long life milk/cereal to survive
Bottles to drink water when sick
Dehydration tablets/paracetamol
Cleaning products
Spare clothes
A process for dealing with washing
Paper/pen

Not a computer chair but a comphy chair! It’s that that you miss

Our spare bedroom is in the process of being decluttered, just in case it's needed for similar.

The twin beds go one under the other, so we will be doing that to leave more floor space.

There is a small chair in there, but I want to add a couple of cushions and a blanket for it.

Separate set of towels. Couple of boxes of tissues. Roll of bin liners for the small bin there.

I think I have a travel kettle in there, and I know my camping water barrel is in there too which can be partially filled (5l so wouldn't drink it all that fast!) - I would add a mug, and water glass, and box of teabags and hot chocolate sachets to make on water, and ask the well person to supply a bottle of milk in a picnic coolbag with an iceblock to keep it cold. Iceblocks can be refrozen in between times. And probably some regular snacks - pack biscuits in a plastic tub to seal and keep crunchy, some crisps, some fruit etc. Also a bottle of squash to add to the water. Food to be added at time of isolation though, not in prep time.

Have a plug and charger for ipad and phone. Might want a 2nd one though. And while first id supplies are in there, regular meds are not so a few paracetamol and the sick person's regular meds would be added.

There is a stack of books in there anyway. But if it was me needing it, I would add some crafts from the study next door.

We don't have an en suite, but probably upstairs bathroom for sick person, downstairs for 2 well people. Both bathrooms have a loo, sink and shower, well people can live without bath for a few days.

We were going to throw out an old anti slip bath mat. I figured I'd keep it to put outside the door of one of the two bedrooms so that the person tending the ill person could stand on it to get changed.
I doubt I'd do any good maintaining it properly but I'd probably have a go. Bought a load of disposable plates and cutlery about 3 months ago.

I've been starting to do this in our spare room which has en suite. We'll move an Alexa dot down there so we can communicate & will have to decide what books etc to allocate per person. We've been home alone for over a week now so fingers crossed it isn't needed but good to be prepared

Will move spare kettle & snack box in there as well as disinfectant spray

I have made grab & go hospital bags for us & children so they can be used at first.

Already put plans in place.

Tent
Bucket
Sleeping bag
Extension lead

There of three of us with two bedrooms. Our flat is small. We have one bathroom. My brother was was very sick with covid19. Until he got sick, I thought there was no point preparing a room because of our lack of space. BUT my SIL suggested we clear the clutter out of the smaller bedroom and clean it really well. They didn’t prepare a room and there was too much dust.

A spare room is a luxury let alone an annexe.

Five of us in a three bed house and the living space is completely open plan. The only way anyone will be self-isolating will be if they go in the shed and pee in a bucket and even then we'd need to dump all the crap from the shed in the garden!