Nursing homes: Photos shows how elderly can deteriorate due to loneliness – NEWS.com.au

We might be in the middle of an unprecedented global pandemic because of coronavirus but theres another health emergency thats unfolding as a result. Loneliness is on the rise, with social distancing measures meaning family and friends can’t connect with elderly loved ones having a heartbreaking impact.
Peggy Wall, 88, has Alzheimer’s disease and has been isolation in a nursing home in the US state of North Carolina since the coronavirus pandemic began.
A photo taken just before the pandemic …

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