Do you know an elderly person living in a retirement home ?

How is life for them right now ?
I just chatted with my mother who lives in such a place. She and pretty much most residents there are getting depressed. I haven't been allowed to visit her in months and for good reason.
However, all things considered, it looks like they will not be allowed vistors for their own safety until some time next year.

They can't leave their rooms unless they are wearing a mask. They now eat in their room and not in the dining hall.

Life for them is sucking, but it's for their own good.
It's quite a terrible conundrum.

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exexec · 61-69, C

Yes. I am responsible for my 91 year old aunt who is in an assisted living facility. Fortunately, we moved her from a larger facility just as the pandemic was beginning. I honestly believe she would be dead if she had remained there. Now she is getting excellent personal care, almost like a spa. She is used to being alone, so she doesn't miss contact with me. I can have "window visits" through closed windows, using speaker phones.

Wraithorn · 51-55, M

@exexec I'm glad it worked out for her, that's great.
Using speaker phones must make It seem a bit like a jail visit though.

exexec · 61-69, C

@Wraithorn Yes, but fortunately she is not a hugger and has never enjoyed physical contact.