Not Good

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

I just read that 25 patients have Corona virusin my town's nursing home. I don't know anyone there currently, but I feel so bad for those people. 😞

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RealtyGal2 · ‎01-05-2017

So sorry - my prayers are with them. My mother is 97 and in a healthcare center so I can relate. They have been on lockdown for over a month - no one in or out (even relatives) and no deliveries. They are pretty much restricted to their rooms, including meals, although they do take them out to the garden a couple of times a week. They have shut down the 3 onsite restaurants, exercise facility and the 2 bars as well as the beauty shop (my mother has not done her own hair in 40+ years, but one of her caregivers has been curling her hair once a week, bless her). My mother is very social so this is hard on her, but I am glad she is safe. At least she has a phone.

speedy girl · ‎06-03-2018

This just makes me want to cry. They have lived long lives and then have this come at them. Our most vulnerable and they can't have their families and loved ones with them when they need them the most. My heart goes out to all families dealing with this.

Still Raining · ‎03-30-2014

My good neighbor had a stroke but did not phone anyone at all for two days because she was too scared to be taken to the hospital here. We tried, but yesterday I drove her over to the coast to a small rural hospital in a county with minimal virus. They won't keep her long so her out of state kids are going to have to deal. I am so glad both my parents are already dead.

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

That's a lot for one nursing home. Goes to show how easily this can be spread.

tends2dogs · ‎05-08-2010

@Still Raining wrote:
My good neighbor had a stroke but did not phone anyone at all for two days because she was too scared to be taken to the hospital here. We tried, but yesterday I drove her over to the coast to a small rural hospital in a county with minimal virus. They won't keep her long so her out of state kids are going to have to deal. I am so glad both my parents are already dead.

Wow, @Still Raining , I hope my kids don't feel that way! I would give anything to have my parents back. I have never been glad that my parents are "already dead".

Hopefully this sounded worse than you meant it to.

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Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

@tends2dogs wrote:
@Still Raining wrote:
My good neighbor had a stroke but did not phone anyone at all for two days because she was too scared to be taken to the hospital here. We tried, but yesterday I drove her over to the coast to a small rural hospital in a county with minimal virus. They won't keep her long so her out of state kids are going to have to deal. I am so glad both my parents are already dead.
Wow, @Still Raining , I hope my kids don't feel that way! I would give anything to have my parents back. I have never been glad that my parents are "already dead".

Hopefully this sounded worse than you meant it to.

@tends2dogs I don't think @Still Raining meant it in a nasty way. I feel my parents are resting in peace. I would never want them to have to go through this horrible time. My Mom passed away a year ago in a nursing home, but w/ hospice, clean, safe conditions and no worries, no fear. They both lived a good life until their 90's. Why would I want this terror for them?

Deree · ‎06-30-2018

This has to be the worst of a horrific situation. They are sitting ducks. The staff, the visitors have made them sick and have caused their deaths.

Wear a mask. Social distance. Be part of the solution - not part of the problem.

MorningLover · ‎10-04-2015

@Shanus wrote:
@tends2dogs wrote:
@Still Raining wrote:
My good neighbor had a stroke but did not phone anyone at all for two days because she was too scared to be taken to the hospital here. We tried, but yesterday I drove her over to the coast to a small rural hospital in a county with minimal virus. They won't keep her long so her out of state kids are going to have to deal. I am so glad both my parents are already dead.
Wow, @Still Raining , I hope my kids don't feel that way! I would give anything to have my parents back. I have never been glad that my parents are "already dead".

Hopefully this sounded worse than you meant it to.
@tends2dogs I don't think @Still Raining meant it in a nasty way. I feel my parents are resting in peace. I would never want them to have to go through this horrible time. My Mom passed away a year ago in a nursing home, but w/ hospice, clean, safe conditions and no worries, no fear. They both lived a good life until their 90's. Why would I want this terror for them?

My Mother spent her last six months in a nursing home last year also. While we miss her deeply, we are thankful that she did not have to go through what is happening now. A family member would visit and spend time with her everyday, to feed her and watch that she was getting the proper care. She was unable to do anything on her own.

ValuSkr · ‎03-15-2014

When all this started, I thought folks in nursing homes would be safer than, for example, my parents, who are in their 80's and still on their own. Now I'm not so sure. Most nursing homes that I know shut out visitors in the pandemic's early stages. So who brought the virus in? Their own workers? Terrible.