They are among the greatest victims of coronavirus, yet elderly people continue to be dismissed, despite growing evidence of the devastating effects the pandemic has had on them. 9News
When Sweden took the controversial decision not to lock down, the country's chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell told a local newspaper that its Public Health Agency "didn't know that there would be such a big potential for the diseaseBut he said the country's main strategy of social distancing still "worked well" and he "can't see that we should have done it in a completely different way".
"Because every life is precious, and every death is sad; but that's never stopped families sometimes electing to make elderly relatives as comfortable as possible while nature takes its course." Before lockdown, Ms Hall said the home was buzzing with regular activities, visits from friends and family and even a children's group."It felt like the heart had gone from our home. Without these people here, it feels a little bit empty and a little bit soulless.Aged Care facilities in Victoria have experienced a spike in COVID-19 cases
She runs a Facebook group that is calling for a "reasonable reopening" of nursing homes across America, where it says loved ones are "dying from isolation".LTCcovid last week reported that on average, across 26 countries, 47 per cent of all COVID-19-linked deaths have been care home residents. But these were not people who would have died from other causes.
He said some care homes were at risk of closure after increased outlay for PPE and staff, along with a drop in demand for places thanks to the wave of deaths and fewer people moving to homes during the pandemic. A Kaiser Health News analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that COVID-19 death rates among African Americans aged 65 to 74 were five times higher than for whites.
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