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Blossom Nursing & Rehabilitation Center co-workers Debbie Leggett, clinical liaison, and Administrator Jack Nordquist demonstrate how residents and their family members and friends can safely give each other hugs through the new hug tent donated by Bob and Linda Sebo. Starting Monday, hugging visits can be scheduled every 30 minutes by family members at the Salem home off of Depot Road. (Salem News photo by Mary Ann Greier)
SALEM — The power of touch returned to Blossom Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Friday, in the form of a plastic tent with arms.
The hug tent will enable residents to experience a basic human need they’ve been dreaming about for over a year since COVID-19 came to town — the feel of a loved one in their arms.