Cold hands and what is allowed in AL setting?

When I volunteered for hospice years ago, one of my lady patients had really cold hands. So on one of my visits, I brought her a hand muffler that I had ordered on Amazon, and she loved it. Every time I would go see her she would be sitting in her chair with her hands in the muffler.(the CNA's made sure she had it on daily) It made my heart happy to see that, and to know that something so simple could help keep her warm.
Perhaps she could try that even with her gloves on. Good luck.

Speak with the facility. Heating pads and electric blankets and bedding is often not allowed in ALF and other facilities due to the danger of them. It is no laughing matter as I had an old cat on a heating pad and a fire did start in the bedding, luckily when I was home and the cat wasn't sleeping in the bed. Devices are said to be safer, but almost always they want certain types of plugs and have their engineer passing on the stuff. I wouldn't use it frankly as a nurse, and we always advised against. As this case shows, the elders have very poor sensation as to heat and cold and will not notice when they are actually getting burned by a device. I have seen them enter care with burns on backs from heating pads in the past.
I would stick to light, soft, fleece gloves. And do speak to the people at the facility for what they have found works for others. Sometimes just a fleecey lap blanket helps. Good luck.

There are gloves with batteries that keep the gloves heated. Don’t use the product Handwarmers since they can get too hot but the battery gloves are great

Silk longjohn underwear can help.

Also, wearing a hat--a wool beret or cashmere beanie is something to try.