Between a Long-Term Care Rock and a Hard Place

By Kym Hance

In mid-March, my mother called me from the hospital.  My father was sick. Fever, chills, cough, general
weakness and other flu-like symptoms. As it turned out, it was the wrong month of the wrong year to have “flu-like symptoms.” Despite being convinced that he had COVID-19, the hospital could do little more than give him a
swab test and send him home.

For the next four-and-a-half weeks, my father and mother stayed on separate sides of their two-bedroom apartment.
My mother, who was dealing with her own symptoms, was able to tend to my father’s needs, and at times, things got scary.

Thankfully, all is now well.

Read the entire article on page 47 of Capital Region Living or download a copy here.

Connect With Us

Call us at (518) 465-7581 or fill out the form below to connect with our team of compassionate professionals.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.