Understanding Incentive Levels at Larned: Who Can Visit Your Loved One

If your loved one is at the Intake level, visiting is very limited. At this stage, residents can only receive visits from attorneys, clergy, and law enforcement - so friends and family won’t be able to visit yet under the standard rules.

Level I opens things up, but it’s still restricted. A Level I resident may receive visits from attorneys, clergy, and law enforcement, plus one designated primary visitor and immediate family members. If you’re not immediate family and you’re not listed as the primary visitor, you may be turned away even if you’re trying to do everything right.

At Levels II and III, visiting is broadest: residents may receive visits from any visitors who have been approved. The key word is approved - being eligible to visit and being cleared to visit aren’t the same thing, so it helps to confirm you’re actually on the approved visitor list before you make plans.

The “primary visitor” designation matters most when your loved one is at Level I - and marital status can decide it automatically. If the resident is married (by license or common law), they must list their spouse as their primary visitor.

• ✓ If the resident is unmarried, they may choose any person as their primary visitor.
• ✓ The primary visitor must be at least 18 years old.
• ✓ That person cannot already be listed as the primary visitor for another resident.
• ✓ The resident can change their primary visitor every six months.

1. Ask what incentive level they’re on - Intake, Level I, Level II, and Level III have different rules about who can visit.
2. If they’re Level I, confirm the primary visitor - only one designated primary visitor can visit (along with immediate family and certain official visitors), so make sure you know who is listed.
3. If they’re Level II or III, make sure you’re approved before traveling - these levels allow visits from any approved visitors, but approval still matters.
4. If they’re Intake, plan around the restriction - at Intake, visits are limited to attorneys, clergy, and law enforcement, so family visits typically have to wait until their status changes.