In Shutting Out Threat, Seniors In Continuing Care Communities Feel Shut In [khn.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 4/15/201:00 PM

By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News, April 14, 2020

With tight restrictions in place at their continuing care retirement community, Tom and Janice Showler are getting on each other’s nerves.

Most days, Tom, 76, likes to drive out of their community ― Asbury Springhill in Erie, Pennsylvania — to the store to pick up a few items.

“If you follow the right protocols, the likelihood is quite low that we would come down with coronavirus,” Tom said. “If I didn’t go out at all, I’d feel like the walls were closing in on me.”

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