Not the year to die: Families denied final goodbyes may suffer prolonged grief
Restrictions on travel and visiting have led to missed goodbyes and complicated grieving periods for New Brunswickers who ve lost loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers fear the pandemic has disrupted healing and recovery.
Social Sharing We couldn t touch her. We couldn t hug her. We couldn t do nothing, says daughter of woman who died
Posted: Feb 17, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 17
Two of Katherine Davis s grandchildren and one of her daughters Angela Megaw, shown drinking coffee wait outside Davis s first-floor bedroom at Shannex Parkland s Tucker Hall in Saint John. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, most of Davis s family members couldn t physically be close to her in the final days before her death last month.(Submitted by Patricia Joncas)