Tag: nursing homes
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While COVID-19 Restrictions Loosen Elsewhere, Nursing Homes Remain Heavily Impacted
by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 9, 2022) — Last Wednesday evening, The Post & Email spoke with Mrs. Norma Whiting, a longtime acquaintance with whom we first started speaking more than a decade ago when she and her now late husband, Gene Whiting, resided in McMinn County, TN. Mr. and Mrs. Whiting attended several court hearings…
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Nursing Home Patient Describes Effects of Coronavirus Shutdown
“WE HAVE TURNED INTO A NATION OF SHEEP” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 1, 2020) — An interview on Sunday with an Alabama nursing-home resident with whom this writer has been acquainted for more than a decade revealed the strain on not only patients, but employees stemming from government-imposed restrictions from the coronavirus. Since 2010, The…
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Trump, Administration Officials Address Needs of Senior Citizens during Coronavirus Pandemic
“PROTECTING AMERICA’S SENIORS” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 30, 2020) — A Thursday White House event beginning at approximately 3:40 p.m. EDT featured President Trump’s recapping of progress made to date in combating the coronavirus by obtaining medical supplies such as ventilators. He repeated the administration’s report that no one who has needed a ventilator has…
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Sunday Coronavirus Update: China, Supply Chains, and “Globalists”
“I LET THEM KNOW I’M NOT HAPPY” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 19, 2020) — President Trump opened Sunday’s coronavirus presser by reporting that Republicans “are continuing to negotiate with the Democrats” on a new aid bill, which would be the fourth of its kind if passed. He said “hospitals” are also intended recipients of more…