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Nursing home operators are grateful long-awaited COVID-19 vaccines have started to make it to their facilities.
For nearly a year, residents and families have struggled with isolation just to try to stay safe. That isolation comes with its own health consequences.
Terry Nybakke speaks to his father Bernie during weekly visits via Zoom.
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Bernie Nybakke is 88. He has been living at the Sugar Creek Alzheimer s Care Center in Normal since shortly after his wife died last May. His family, including son Terry Nybakke, talk to him every week via Zoom.
Terry Nybakke said his father has dementia. He said his father handles the technology well, but he needs frequent reminders about why his family can t come see him.