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[quote=Anonymous]This is really hard, OP. My dad just died of Covid in a nursing home. He had dementia. He also could not use a phone in the last month - he pulled the cord out of the wall trying to “fix” it, forgot how to answer it, etc. In the month before he lost the ability to use the phone he called my mother and I dozens of times a day to accuse my poor, faithful mom of running off with another man and abandoning him. It was pure, unmitigated torture. So I do have some sympathy for your dad in not thinking a phone is possible for your mom - maybe there is other stuff. That said, you and your mom need contact with each other! The nurses at my dad’s place had a iPad they used to FaceTime with families. The activities director managed the program, and you called her up and got on the list and they gave you a time slot. Before that organized program nurses and aids were using their own phones to help. The week my dad died, with multiple covid cases, they did get so overwhelmed that it was hard to get a FaceTime slot. But they tried. Peace be with you, OP.[/quote]

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