Denise Plank visits her father, Ed, 84, through his nursing home window at Fresno's California Armenian Home nearly everyday. It's her only way of connecting with her father due to the coronavirus lockdown at the facility. By Craig Kohlruss
Visitors could soon be welcomed back to see loved ones at assisted living and other long-term care facilities across the U.S., but not without certain safeguards.
Since the COVID-19 crisis, visitation by close friends and family at these facilities has been halted for fears over the spread of the coronavirus, leaving seniors isolated and holed up in their rooms for much of the day.
Older Americans have been hard hit by the virus, with the elderly and medically-fragile at increased risk of falling ill and experiencing more severe symptoms. Deadly outbreaks have been reported at several nursing homes in the U.S., including the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Home in Reserve, which recorded 28 deaths due to the virus, McClatchy News previously reported.
According to AARP, around a third of all coronavirus deaths in the U.S. are nursing home residents or workers, making up about 38,000 deaths.
As of Friday, there were more than 1.8 million confirmed COVID-19 cases across the U.S. and 108,000 deaths, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.
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