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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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Summerbreeze4546-50, F
My mother passed from Covid at the nursing home in April. She was so depressed. Contracted covid when the facility began allowing covid patients (but we could not visit 馃が) She died within a week of testing positive. I never got to say goodbye.
Wraithorn51-55, M
@Summerbreeze45 Shit...that sucks. That's another terrible thing. If a resident is dying their family can still not visit. I understand why but damn ! That is harsh !
Summerbreeze4546-50, F
@Wraithorn yep, that is what's going in hospitals too. Imagine it being your child 馃檨
Wraithorn51-55, M
@Summerbreeze45 It's tragic. Is there a reasonable alternative though ?
Summerbreeze4546-50, F
@Wraithorn honestly, no I don't think so.