Originally Posted by
DanK
We encountered an aspect of the nursing-home problem yesterday that we hadn't thought of before. We were having dinner (via facetime) with some friends. One is dealing with a crisis with her elderly mother and stepfather, who are on the other side of the country. They are still in their own home, but the mother now has fairly advanced dementia, and the father-in-law is quite ill (congestive heart failure) and really can't take care of himself, let alone his wife. In normal times, one would have to think about institutional care (if one is lucky enough to find a bed in a good place and can afford it), but in the present situation, it's hard to imagine sending an elderly person into an institution that at any moment could become the site of rampant Covid--if one can find one that isn't already.