Let’s Get Serious About the Pandemic’s LTC Mental Health Price Tag
After six months of being restricted to her room in assisted living, my mom said this: “It’s a deadly life. Nothing to look forward to except the same. I don’t see anybody.”
Her feelings are shared by many who live in elder care settings. The COVID-19 pandemic has radically constricted the worlds of elders who already find themselves confined by physical and cognitive conditions.