Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Room 134

I hadn’t noticed this before, but my partner said it is true for many nursing homes now.  Since visitors aren’t allowed, the nursing homes put room numbers on windows so the family knows which room their loved on is when they come to visit.

Another sad feature of many homes.  In the lobby they often have pictures on the wall and the newspaper obituary of recently departed residents under titles like “Gone by Not Forgotten” of “In Memory of our Dear Friends.”  In one home I count twenty-three notices of the departed.

In Connecticut 63% of all COVID-19 deaths have been in nursing homes.

Bipartisan Women’s Caucus wants answers from Gov. Lamont about why so many people have died in nursing homes