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As others have noted in my Dad’s tiered community, there are no visitors for any level as of Saturday.  Then today, dining room services have ended with all meals being delivered.  At 98 he is still very sharp and drives to local spots only in the day.  It is going to be hard for those siblings in the area to convince him not to go out, but important as what he and others in independent living do might well be life threatening to many in the community.

We did not see it coming soon enough to get his porch furniture set up.  And if one met him for a social distance walk, I am told by siblings he would not hear well at that distance and understandably dose get winded walking a distance.  With no active sports to follow on tv, it is going to be really hard.
 As while his sight fir driving is checked by eye doctors, he can ‘t read small print oin newspapers.  It is my hope we can find a magnifier to work, but first UPS seems to have to find the location!

The idea of bringing him out for a time to someone’s home would not be easy as he would likely be no happier as they have lives and families of their own to consider protecting.  He will get lots of calls and be in a setting with a nurse who could check/ help monitor symptoms.  There is no easy answer, but I do feel the “suddenness” of the change is the hardest for all to deal with, and you sort of wish if one more day with staggered visits and protection might have been helpful.   This is a real change for all of us.[/quote]

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