Protecting residents from the virus is important, but keeping them in isolation is cruel
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Long-term care facilities – two sisters seen here visiting their mother through the window at a seniors retirement residence in Mississauga, Ont., on May 14, 2020 – have long been understaffed and the workers overtaxed. The only thing that has made life bearable for many is the helping hand from loved ones.Depending on where you live in Canada, shopping malls are opening up.
They deserve to get in; their help is desperately needed. Infection control is important but so is feeding people. And talking to them. Thousands of residents of long-term care homes have died of COVID-19. Worse yet, they have almost all died alone, which has only compounded the horror. The stereotype about care homes is often that they are dumping grounds. With few exceptions, that is not the case.
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