Indoor care home visits are set to resume from today.
Residents are now allowed to have two designated visitors each.
Those loved ones are permitted to visit the care home once a week.
It comes as a result of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout in Scotland.
Care home visits were scaled right back throughout the pandemic.
The closest contact relatives were granted were occasional outdoor visits.
Coronavirus deaths in care homes have fallen by over 60 per cent in the last three weeks, according to the latest data.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said those stats were the first real signs of the vaccine working.
Almost all residents have received the jab, along with 92 per cent of care home staff.
The government says that with the extra protection in place, the greater risk to residents' wellbeing is from a lack of family contact.
Visitors will be "strongly recommended" to take a coronavirus test on-site and will have to wear PPE.
Cathie Russell, who has been campaigning with the Care Home Relatives Scotland group, said: "We look forward to working with care home providers, public health and oversight teams to ensure that the new guidance allows residents to enjoy meaningful contact with their closest relatives and friends once more."
