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Aged care residents giving up due to COVID-19 and isolation, nurses fear – ABC News
Nurses sent in to help Melbourne’s COVID-ravaged aged care facilities fear the worst in the short and long term for the health of residents and tell of one woman who is refusing to eat, drink or take medication because she says she “would rather die than live…
Nurses sent in to help Melbourne’s coronavirus-ravaged aged care facilities say they are gravely concerned for residents even those without COVID-19 infections who have been stuck in “solitary confinement” for months.
Key points:
- Nurses are reporting that aged care residents are giving up due to COVID-19 isolation
- Some residents are not eating, drinking or taking their medication
- There are concerns that the effects of isolation could last beyond the length of the pandem…
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