Bay Area caregivers for Alzheimer's patients share the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic it has had on their family.
"My mother lives with four adults, two of whom will fly to Oregon for a family gathering, and two of whom are flying to the Midwest," Baessler explains, concerned they could infect her mother with COVID-19 when they return home. "That's playing very badly in my gut. I can't kidnap my mother but I think that would be really ill-advised."
"My stomach's in knots thinking about family. I know I'm not alone," Baessler adds.
For Kirstin Hernandez and Andre Ramos, Thanksgiving and Christmas were spent at home, a disappointment for their three young children, who are used to their annual holiday trips to Hernandez's family in Bakersfield. They made up for it by buying a trampoline.