The San Francisco Chronicle recently wrote a sad story about Shirley Drexler who died two months into the coronavirus pandemic, “not from COVID-19. She died of despair.â€Â According to the article, she was called the “queen of Rhoda Goldman Plaza,†an assisted living facility in the Western Addition. She joined in almost every activity, flitting from table to table during long lunch hours. However, on March 17, Drexler and every other resident were abruptly shut in their rooms. She stopped eating and didn’t want to get out of bed. “It was like she lost the will to keep going,†Adrienne Fair, assistant executive director of the facility, told the San Francisco chronicle. At Family inHome Caregiving, we find this story all too familiar. When family members decide to institutionalize a senior, they often lose hope and quickly pass away. Without the familiar faces of friends and family and their normal routine, they often lose the will to live. At Family inHome Caregiving, we focus on giving our senior clients plenty of exercise, nutritious meals and plenty of social interaction. We strive to allow seniors to remain in their own homes and independent for as long as possible and are seeing many families pull their loved ones out of local facilities to be brought back home so they don’t catch COVID-19.
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