“It’s fine,” Eldredge said, before heading back indoors.
The Dec. 24 visit with her children was brief, but Kenny Eldredge and Christine Skidmore said they were thrilled they got to see their mother in person the day before Christmas.
“Even if it’s only a half-hour, it’s great,” Skidmore said.
As the spiraling cases of COVID-19 shut Cape nursing homes including Liberty Commons to indoor visitors, fears of a return to the social isolation experienced during the spring pandemic peak loom in the minds of residents and their families.
Social isolation can be a threat to physical and mental well-being, according to experts in elder health care.