Palm Beach County families relieved state lifting restrictions on visits to long-term care facilities

The governor is lifting restrictions on visits to nursing homes in Florida.

FROM A LOCAL FAMILY.ALTHOUGH THE BAN ON VISITINGNURSING HOMES IS NOW LIFTEDGOVERNOR SAYS THERE ARE SOMESTRICT RULES IN PLACE TO HELKEEP PEOPLE SAFE.PKG THE PAST 6 MONTHS HAVEBEEN A NIGHTMARE FOR BEATRICECOHEN.

HER DAILY ROUTINE OFVISITING HER HUSBAND ENDINGABRUPTLY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.PKG SOT (1:20”I CANWHAT MARVIN WAS THINKING -’WHERE IS SHE.

WHAT HAPPENEDTO HER.HE CANSO NOT ONLY WAS HE SUFFERING,BUT I WAS SUFFERING”(1:32) VOMARVIN IS PATIENT AT HEARTLANDHEALTH CARE CENTER IN BOYNTONBEACH.

HE HAS WHATS CALLEDHYDROCEPHALUS WHICH DOCTORSSAY CAUSES DEMENTIA.

BEATRICESAYS THE RESTRICTIONS PUT INPLACE TO PROTECT HIM CREATEDAN EXPERIENCE THAT DESTROYEDHER.

IN JUNE THE TWO REACHED AMILESTONE& ALONE.

59-YEARS OFMARRIAGE..BUT SHE WORRIED THECELEBRATION THIS TIME AROUNDCOULD ULTIMATELY BE THE LAST.SOT (4:22”THOUGH A GLASSWINDOW I COULD NOT HEAR WHATHE WAS SAYING.

HE COULD NOTHEAR WHAT I WAS SAYING.

HEJUST WAS STARING AT ME.

I HADNO IDEA WHAT HE WAS THINKINGAND IT JUST BROKE MYHEAR”(4:37) VO .

AFTER GOINGMONTHS WITHOUT VISITING THERESHOPE .

THIS WEEK GOVERNOR RONDESANITS IS REOPENING NURSINGHOMES BUT WITH SEVERAL STRICTSAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE.

FSVISITORS WILL BE SCREENEDTHERE CAN BE NO MORE THAN 2VISITORS ANT ANYTIME NO MORETHAN 5 PEOPLE A DAY, NO MINORSAND FACILITIES CAN ONLY HAVEVISITORS IF THEY HAVE GONE 14DAYS WITHOUT ANY CASES VO ITSA MOVE BEATRICE SAYS WAS LONGOVERDUE (4:42”I THINK ITABOUT TIME THAT HE TOOK CAREOF US CAREGIVERS AND TOOK USINTO CONSIDERATION.

AND LET USRETURN TO OUR LOVED ONESBECAUSE ISOLATION KILLS.

ITA KNOWN FACT THAT THECAREGIVERS ARE UNDER SO MUCHSTRESS THAT THEY DIEFIRST”(5:04)BEATRICE SAYS SHE PLANS TOVISIT HER HUSBAND AS SOON ASPOSSIBLE AND BRING HIM HISFAVORITE ENTEMANSS CHOCOLATEDONUTS AND ICE-CREAM.

ITSIMPORTANT TO NOTE EVEN THOUGHGOVERNOR IS LIFTINGRESTRICTIONS ON VISITATIONS,NOT ALL NURSING HOME ARE READYTO ALLOW VISITORS WE REACHEDOUT TO A FEW THEM HERE LOCALLYAND THEY SAY IT WILL TAKE TIMENEW RESEARCH F