Mom, 95, with ALZ. locked in her facility. No cases there, and god knows if there are, she’ll be gone more than likely. We can’t be with her, they’re not as of yet set up for Skype, not that I’d want to try to “talk” to her, she just wants to know why we don’t come, when are we coming, why can’t we take her lunch, ad nauseam. They do have a window we can see them and talk to them by phone, but her hearing is pretty much shot for hearing on the phone. Shouting the same answers to the same questions. I took her treats today, Cheetos, Hersheys and circus peanuts, her favorite.
My brother, Fragile X and institutionalized since age 5, is in a group home on the other side of the country. They do what they can with the severely mentally retarded (his case is severe and he’s non-educable.)
I know we have dopers with age related dementia in the group, I just wondered how you and your loved ones are doing when they can’t understand what’s going on.
Mother-in-law, 76 (but with severe disability due to a stroke when she was 40) is in a care home in South Wales. The care home has behaved exceptionally well, locking down well before the Government told us to. Everyone there is currently well, and they are pumping out updates, videos and messages on Facebook for the relatives.
Mom died in a nursing home in PA two days ago; she had terminal colon cancer and died of a massive stroke. Dad is still in the nursing home with a long list of conditions including Alzheimer’s – he kinda fades in and out of reality – but she died holding his hand. She was 91.
Both received good care. No known cases of Covid in the facility. It was the first one I heard about that did the lock down thing – I posted about here on March 11.
No funeral. No viewing. No visitations. No services of any sort until things blow over and we can have a little get-together. When Dad dies their ashes will be mixed and scattered around places they had lived.
MIL’s facility has been in lockdown. As I wrote in another thread, some people went to church (before the shelter at home order) and someone else who was at that service died. There seems to have been a subsequent risk since they still have another week until they’re allowed out of their rooms (other than for medical stuff). The staff seems to be taking good care of the residents. They’re not allowed to take tips, so we anonymously sent them a big box of snacks.
My mom is in memory care. I haven’t been able to visit in over a month, but they have regular Skype sessions set up, so we get to see how she is doing.
We try to have one of the dogs to show her, since she reacts more to them then to me or my wife.
The facility is doing a good job, and there have been no cases there yet.
My wife’s grandmother was in a nursing home in Calgary. She died just a few hours ago. We don’t know the cause.
My father is in a “memory care” facility in New York City. It’s not exactly a nursing home, but rather a residence for people with significant dementia or Alzheimer’s. He’s 86.
The place is locked down. No visitors, nobody comes in but staff, nobody goes out except for essential medical reasons.
There have been some deaths. And a number of residents are in isolation.
It doesn’t look good.
Grandmother, 94, is in an assisted living facility in Texas, several states away from us. They are locked down and no COVID cases there. She is upset that her church friends cannot come to visit but is cognitively ok and understands it is for the best.
The facility is still serving meals in a dining room but also cleared out an activity room to set up more dining tables to spread people out.
Residents are permitted outside into the garden but will not be permitted back in if they leave the grounds (other than for medical stuff).
Overall the facility seems to have a reasonable handle on things.