This is something I am thinking of, a lot. I am hale and hearty, but my H has several, chronic health conditions that put him at high risk.
When my kid returns this weekend, I don’t know whether to send him to an hotel for a few days, or whether to cross my fingers and hope for the best. There has been at least one confirmed case on the campus, albeit not in the College.
Do you have space in the house where he can quarantine - room and bath? That is safest given your husband’s situation although definitely an imposition. Tough times call for tough measures.
A few days in a hospital doesn’t really do the trick.
Have you and your husband been isolating?
Our kids live in VA and CA. They are 30/32. I have very low lung function and H is approaching 80 and has chronic asthma. We are both very high risk of severe complications as is my 90 year old mom, who was spending several weeks with us.
When our kids can down, to help when my father was very ill, we kept from hugging or touching one another as much as possible for 14 days and every time S flew off on a plane trip, it restarted the 14 day clock.
Ymmv. We have all been very careful about getting lots of sleep, washing hands, not touching face, sanitizing surfaces, etc. If we were more compromised, we may have found them different places to sleep (relatives offered).
Our state has 26 cases—all seem travel-related as we are huge tourist attraction and our residents travel.
@doschicos Yes, my S has his own room and bathroom.
I suggested to my H that he (H) be the one to quarantine, but he didn’t love that idea! BTW - I am thinking about sending S to an HOTEL not HOSPITAL! 
H has been isolating - he has not been out of the house, or seen anybody in a couple of weeks; lets hope our marriage survives, LOL! Me? less so, as I have been going on my morning walks / hikes and marketing. That said, I try to be careful - I wear gloves and masks, wash my hands raw, sanitize when no soap and water are available; keep my social distance etc. Outside of walking and marketing, I don’t leave the house.
As of today, we have enough food for a couple of weeks (and wine!), therefore, no need to market for a while
Oops! Meant hotel. Guess too much hospital on the brain. 
D comes home Sunday. Since H is at high risk of complications, we will be very careful. D will never use the same bathroom that H does. H will stay in our office most of the time. We will all wash our hands and shower frequently.
My son chose to stay on campus and although I’m really sad about that, he kept us from having to figure out how to self-quarantine him in our home. He would have needed to stay upstairs most of the time for two weeks. My 83 year old mom, who lives with us, is very frail with health issues.
Are you hugging and kissing your kids when they get home? That’s what I want to do so much. I guess it’s good I won’t see him until May.
If I put my son in a hotel to protect my husband I think I would just worry about my son being exposed in the hotel setting. I mean, is he actually going to not come out of that hotel room for days??
I think seclusion at home where he can have access to the refrig, cooking, etc. is the best option - they can work together to stay apart.
I have wondered the same thing. We have a bedroom way off on the side of the house where D1 can stay when she visits. It will be frustrating to not give her a hug when she is here but us old parents need to try to stay safe. I do not want to leave my daughter with a legacy of having killed off a parent. I do not see any way around sharing the kitchen.
One issue with having a child stay in a hotel for a few days is that they have to figure out where to eat. If they eat in restaurants then there will be the risk of picking up the coronavirus in a restaurant.
Can your son at least have his own bathroom and his own bedroom?
Our second daughter is stuck in Canada, but that is a completely different issue. She is very safe and comfortable where she is, but with campus empty there is not much to do. Of course there is not much for university students to do when they are stuck at home either.
“Oops! Meant hotel.”
It was true either way, although it does make more sense as “hotel”.
I think staying home is the best, as you can control who, where and what he has contact.
Good thing he has his own bath. I think there just needs to be guidelines and tracing on and off living space.
It fair for either one to quarantine the whole 2 weeks. For instance, can’t they pick and choose a time to used the family room. It would have to be wiped down every time H uses it.
My 23 year old has been home a week now. He’s good natured, but yesterday was really contrary and I can tell the isolation is getting to him a little…and he has the run of the house.
I’m in a small one bedroom with one bath. I think many of us have downsized and don’t have that extra bedroom and bath, particularly those of us without a spouse.
One of my kids is with me but is local. She stopped work a week ago. We stay as separate as we can under the circumstances. We pushed a table into a closet and she has a mattress on the floor of a room that was being used as an office by the landlord.
My other two are stranded in CA, and one of them is isolated in a high rise, no car, even groceries are a challenge due to walking distance. I would love for her to come home but can’t see how that would work. How is air travel these days?
Isolation with an uncertain endpoint is difficult. I worry most about the kid in the high rise.
My 25 year old son just texted me and asked to come home. Of course, I said yes, but ugh. He lives in NYC and is a writer for SNL. They’ve stopped production indefinitely. He has been extremely good about social distancing. He does have a roommate who is also being good. I hope she has. We’re driving down to NYC from Boston tomorrow to pick him up. Now my H’s and my life becomes a bit more challenging. I was sad he was basically alone in NYC now so I do want him home.
S has a friend home from college who has parents with health issues. She has a bedroom and bathroom to herself. Those are the only 2 places she is allowed for 2 weeks. Parents leave a tray of food outside her door and pick it up with dirty dishes.
About a week in I think and sticking with it but driving her crazy.
I think it is very prudent and what everyone should do if possible. We certainly don’t want our kids to bear the guilt of infecting their parents or other family members.
My D came up from NYC to MA on Sunday. (All her work is on hold.) She’s isolated herself in her bedroom and bath. H cooks and he’ll leave a plate of food for D on the dining room table. D has kept all the dishes she’s used in her room–she washes them in her bathroom and then puts the dishes at the top of the stairway. We then take them to the dishwasher. We chat via FaceTime–she’s in her bedroom and we’re downstairs. There’s a tv in the guest bedroom and she’s does yoga there. She thinks she should do this isolation for 14 days. It’s been a week so far. I will be glad when the week is up.
Mine is quarantining in her off campus apartment. I will go pick her up after. Too risky to do anything else. High risk elderly person at home.
S2 came home from school a little over a week ago and quarantined in our lower level until yesterday. Although it wasn’t the full two weeks, there have been no reported cases on his campus, or even early unconfirmed cases among his roommate/athletic team group, so we felt comfortable letting him out of solitary.
My two older children both live in Boston in very population dense high rises, and they wanted to come home, along with D’s boyfriend. They had already self quarantined in Boston, and had been work from home for ten days, so they entered the household, although we are all keeping our distance, and I’m still sanitizing surfaces, handles, etc. three or four times a day.
The house is large and everyone has their own bathroom and work space, plus a large yard, so we are lucky. I’m really glad that I didn’t downsize!
I feel like I’m running a luxury WeWork.