Health
Coronavirus ‘nightmare’ for aged care residents and their families trying to deal with isolation, old age and the virus – ABC News
Since the pandemic started, Edmund* has feared one thing above all: being left alone. Now the 83-year-old care home resident has contracted coronavirus, he’s more isolated than ever.
Rachel* says her elderly father’s coronavirus diagnosis 17 days ago has left him isolated, confused and unable to understand what’s happening to him.
She believes Edmund* now hates life at the aged care facility he calls home, which has around 50 confirmed coronavirus cases.
Rachel, who speaks to her 83-year-old father on the phone about 10 times a day, says the disease is impacting his cognitive ability as well as his physical health.
Edmund cries constantly on their calls and has been suffe…
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