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LOUISVILLE, Colo. - Lynda Hartman needed a hug.It had been at least eight months since she touched her 77-year-old husband, Len, who has dementia and ha.
‘Hug tent’ provides safe embraces at Colorado elderly home
Gregg MacDonald holds hands with his 84-year-old mother, Chloe MacDonald, at a “hug tent” set up outside the Juniper Village assisted living center in Louisville, Colo., Wednesday. The tent includes a construction-grade plastic barrier with built-in plastic sleeves to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. AP Photo
Gregg MacDonald holds hands with his 84-year-old mother, Chloe MacDonald, at a “hug tent” set up outside the Juniper Village assisted living center in Louisville, Colo., on Wednesday. AP Photo
Lynda Hartman, 75, embraces her 77-year-old husband, Len Hartman, who suffers from dementia in a hug tent set up outside the Juniper Village assisted living center in Louisville, Colo., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. The tent includes a construction-grade plastic barrier with built-in plastic sleeves to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. He has been living at the center for about a year, and the couple had
Colorado Elderly Home Embraces The Hug Tent
Similar tents have popped up around the country and in places like Brazil and England, where some people call them “cuddle curtains.”
Thomas Piepert
LOUISVILLE, Colo. (AP) Lynda Hartman needed a hug.
It had been at least eight months since she touched her 77-year-old husband, Len, who has dementia and has been at an assisted living center in suburban Denver for the last year.
On Wednesday, she got a small taste of what life was like before the coronavirus pandemic.
Sort of.
Thanks to a “hug tent” set up outside Juniper Village at Louisville, Hartman got to squeeze her husband albeit while wearing plastic sleeves and separated by a 4-millimeter-thick clear plastic barrier.
‘Hug tent’ provides safe embraces at elderly home
AP, LOUISVILLE, Colorado
Lynda Hartman needed a hug.
It had been at least eight months since she touched her 77-year-old husband, Len, who has dementia and has been at an assisted living center in suburban Denver, Colorado, for the past year.
On Wednesday, she got a small taste of what life was like before the COVID-19 pandemic sort of.
Lynda Hartman, 75, embraces her 77-year-old husband, Len Hartman, who has dementia, in a “hug tent” set up outside the Juniper Village assisted living center in Louisville, Colorado, on Wednesday.
Photo: AP
Thanks to a “hug tent” set up outside Juniper Village at Louisville, Colorado, Hartman could squeeze her husband albeit while wearing plastic sleeves and separated by a 4mm-thick clear plastic barrier.