[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

This hit a nerve for me. The Democrat Governor-mandated nursing home lockdown is what killed my Dad.

Up until mid-March, I rarely missed a daily visit to his nursing home that's a few minutes from our home, some visits many hours long.

But from that time onwards ....

• No more visits from family members, though 5 live here in town.
• No picking Dad up in the van to take him to one of our homes for meals, birthdays, holidays, and so on.
• No picking Dad up in the van to take him to a restaurant.
• No wheeling him to one of 8 or 10 restaurants all within 5 to 10 minute walking distances.
• No pushing his wheelchair to a pair of large ponds where we ALWAYS saw wildlife ... usually Canadian geese, Mallard ducks, Green Herons, rabbits, squirrels, crows, turtles and more.
• The main socialization times of day - mealtimes at 4-person tables in the dining room - were ended and replaced with meals alone in their own rooms.
• ALL group activities forbidden, including...
• No morning exercise group.
• No Bible studies, prayer groups, Sunday services led by volunteers from local churches, hymn singing .... NOTHING.
• No crafts groups, no movie nights, no excursions to interesting, wheelchair-friendly places, no musicians entertaining them, no sing-alongs.
• No visits to or from doctors to treat chronic conditions causing pain.
• No hugs, kisses, hand-squeezes, arm around shoulders, no physical contact at all from his family.

On July 2nd, without saying anything to us, Dad stopped eating and drinking ... completely. He had obviously had enough. His Living Will said no tubes, no emergency measures, so that was it. A few days from the end, they finally let us visit him in person, according to government rules allowing deathbed "compassion visits," at which point it's too late to even know if what you're saying is heard and understood.

My 96-1/2 year old WWII Navy Vet Dad passed away July 16, with two of his sons present holding vigil.

I miss you Dad!

[nuconvert]

That’s terrible story. I’m so sorry for your loss.

[livius]

Tragic.

This has got to stop.

Please send your account to the press, at least as a letter to the editor. I think most people don’t know the full horror of what’s going on.

[ScottinVA]

Very sorry for your loss.

[who knows what evil?]

Bkmrk.

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

I forgot to mention that here in Colorado at the beginning of the lockdown the Governor declared exemptions to the lockdown rules for the three types of businesses that he and his supporters feel are absolutely essential to not put a damper on ----

Groceries, liquor stores, and pot shops.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

My mother is in a Nursing home in Virginia Beach, Virginia. El Chapo has more freedom of movement than she does.

[McGavin999]

I’m so sorry you and your dad had to go through that. Someday you will hold each other again. God bless you and your family.

[livius]

I’m pinging impimp to this...impimp maintains the “Flubros and Flubras” thread .

[9YearLurker]

Criminal. My condolences.

[Gene Eric]

>> “I’d rather die of COVID than loneliness”

That’s what I’m talking about!!!

Told my wife I’d rather be an elderly casualty than have the young ones indefinitely held hostage.

The #ing Rats have no clue how close they were

[eartick]

So sorry for your loss.

My wife and I took care of my father after his massive stroke. We built him a little kitchenette and this is where he stayed for five years. Finally, it became too much care where we could not keep up with it and had to move home to nursing home.

I do not know what I would have done if I was limited to no visits. He was in the state where he did not know me but I enjoyed my last bit of time with him.

It had to be hard on you and your family as well.

These fascists need to pay and pay dearly

[berry65]

Tears. 😢

[Freee-dame]

What we have done to people in nursing homes sounds like solitary confinement in prison, a very pleasant prison but still a prison.

[HighSierra5]

They say that you have to cherish the time with your kids while they’re young but it goes the other way as well. We have to enjoy the times with our parents and grandparents cause their time passes quickly. It’s great when you can have an adult conversation with your parents and when they’re gone you hear their voices of wisdom speaking to you when you’re confronted with problems and adversity.

[Mariner]

Was it not possible to bring your dad home?

I have two sisters that now care for my senile mom full time. She’s 92.

We brought her out of a home in February.

It’s been challenging, at least. Dementia and still ambulatory. She requires 7x24 attention or she’ll wander off. She’s even started a kitchen fire.

We all pitched in and bought her a chair lift to get to the 2nd floor of my eldest sister’s home. Put alarms on every door.

I can tell my two sisters suffer the fatigue of 7x24 care. But they are insistent she’ll not be in a home where the virus rampages.

[ZinGirl]

I am so terribly sorry for your loss...and for the heartbreaking months leading up to this. I so appreciate that you posted this as this is exactly how we feel.

My sister-in-law’s mother is 91 and currently in a MA nursing home. She was fine and feisty going into this quarantine in March. After months of being locked in her room, denied basic human interaction, her mind is now wandering back to better times. I admire her so much. She’s a fine Christian woman who is now coping in her own way. She’s living in a time when she was free, her husband was alive, and life was “normal”. It is, of course, heartbreaking for my sister-in-law and my brother to watch/listen, but think, “well, at least she doesn’t know she’s in quarantine any more”.

She is a casualty of COVID our powers that be refuse to talk about, along with those now struggling with depression, suicides, lost businesses, etc.

[Chickensoup]

Can family members bring their loved ones home for the duration

[small farm girl]

I was reading this allowed to my husband- we are both in tears. So sorry for your loss. After a 5 minute rant, he has a great idea: reach out to PDJT and get this story covered by him at a Rose Garden event. America needs to hear these stories-especially with our vets! There must be a lot of stories like this and CNMSBC will have to cover it if its at the WH.

[Gillny]

This is totally vile and cruel treatment of the elderly. My mom is in the same position in an assisted living home and being treated the same. She’s gone into a deep depression. She has family close by she hasn’t seen since February. The Rat Bastards NEED to hang.

I feel sorry for your family. You father is an American Hero.

[real saxophonist]

Well, I just posted this, from the Trib, before I saw your post.

When I was rehabbing my broken leg at Fairacres, I became friends with George, a Navy pilot in WWII, and retired airline pilot.

He was the most stubborn mofo in the place. I think that's why I liked him.