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Seniors ‘deteriorating’: Families dissatisfied with N.S. new long-term care home visitation rules
COVID-19 pandemic struck Nova Scotia, prompting a lockdown in long-term care homes across the province, Northwood resident Yvonne Schwartz could walk.Her active social life at the seniors’ residence in downtown Halifax included visits with friends, games of bridge, shopping, and the meticulous application of lipstick and jewelry.But after five months of confinement to her room, Schwartz’s muscles have given up on her.She now requires a wheelchair during visits with her daughters, Holly Crooks and Jan Marriott.“She stopped wanting to bother getting dressed because there didn’t seem to be any point,” said Crooks.