UpdatedWed, Mar 17, 2021 at 11:30 am ET
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For the first time in six months, Gordon Yunge got to visit his wife, Jane, at the nursing home where she s a resident. (A.J. Thomas)
Gordon Yunge brought his wife, Jane, a Christmas present Monday. (Lanning Taliaferro/Patch)
BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY Here s your Christmas present, Gordon Yunge said, sliding a gift bag across the table to his wife, Jane.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Monday was the first time he had been able to see her since Thanksgiving. For Gordon, it s been hard. He s been visiting Jane, who has Alzheimer s disease, just about every other day since she moved to the Briarcliff Manor Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing three years ago.
‘We were waiting for this day’: First visitor returns to New Brighton nursing home
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
Posted Mar 11, 2021
Izabella Genin, left, visits with her mother, Maria Yudin, at Staten Island Care Center in New Brighton Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (Courtesy of Staten Island Care Center)
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On Wednesday, she got her chance.
“We were waiting for this day,” said Genin, whose mother, Maria Yudin, will turn 98 in just two months. “Finally, I saw her.”
New York state expanded visitation guidelines to enable nursing homes to allow visitors in nursing home facilities that have been free of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases for 14 days in conjunction with a rapid test that can be conducted in the facilities.
Families separated by COVID reunite at Long Island nursing homes
Families reunite as Nassau County nursing home
A nursing home on Long Island was able to reopen its doors to visitors for the first time in months.
LONG ISLAND - For many Americans across the nation, it s been almost a year since they ve been able to see some of their loved ones. I’m in shock, McGhee said. I can’t believe it’s happening.
The move came during the height of the coronavirus pandemic and the two ended up not being able to spend time face to face until today.
HEMPSTEAD, Long Island (WABC) People in nursing homes have been especially vulnerable and isolated during the pandemic and many have not seen their loved ones in person for months.
Now that New York State has started to allow family visitation again, Eyewitness News is taking a look at how facilities are keeping their residents safe.
There was a special reunion at the Nassau Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Hempstead on Wednesday.
Jocelyn Moor, a 93-year-old resident, got to see her daughter and son-in-law for the first time in months.
And while there was no close contact, and just air hugs, there were moments of tenderness and almost normalcy.
First doses of coronavirus vaccine administered in Staten Island nursing home
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
A banner reading “thank you” has been posted outside Clove Lakes Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. (Photo courtesy of Jody Musicaro-Burkhalter)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The first doses of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine were delivered to a Staten Island nursing home Monday and administered to residents and staff in a pivotal step in the race to protect those most vulnerable to the disease.
More than 100 residents and about 140 employees at Clove Lakes Health Care and Rehabilitation Center received the first of two shots of the Pfizer vaccine on Monday, said Jane Harris, a spokeswoman for the facility.