Coronavirus in old-age homes: "We lived through the Blitz"

Old age homes have switched to an emergency footing and grandkids are not allowed to visit Grandma and Grandpa. So far people are taking it in stride, but some warn that boredom can also kill.

Pamela Lobel refuses to get worked up over the coronavirus. Though she had to move the Purim celebration with her grandson from her assisted living facility to a nearby coffee shop, she wasn’t about to give up the custom of giving gift packages of sweets. A staff member at her residence took the package from her devoted grandson and put it in her room. That way they adhered to the government instructions that prohibit “outsiders” from entering old- age homes.