Will we be able to maintain Christmas traditions in nursing homes? Locking up retirement homes would be nonsense for some establishment managers. Example in Longvic, in Côte-d’Or.
At the Marcel Jacquelinet nursing home in Longvic (Côte-d’Or), Odette Nicol reunites with her daughter Colette Tribolet. Near the tree, they tell each other about their week, make plans for Christmas. The 93-year-old resident smiles; receiving visits from your children is essential.
« When you are really all alone, we are bored anyway, we can not say the opposite », Says Odette Nicol.
New dreaded restrictions
Colette Tribolet wishes to invite her mother to her home for lunch on December 25, with her children and grandchildren. But with the fifth wave of the Covid epidemic, concern is mounting over the possible risks of restrictions on visits and outings.
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“I’m trying to explain to him right now that he could have a new lockdown, that the virus is coming back. And she is aware of it“, says Colette Tribolet.”But it is sure that if it starts again, some people will have a hard time supporting it.“
Successive confinements and restrictive measures remain a trauma for retirement homes and their residents.
It is not a legend to say that the elderly person, if we isolate him, if we deprive him of a relationship, he will let himself slip.
Isabelle Faivre
Director of the nursing home
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Isabelle Faivre, the director cannot but confirm.
“It is not a legend to say that the elderly person, if we isolate him, if we deprive him of a relationship, he will let himself slip. We saw it. It hurt a lot so we would like not to relive it.”
No restrictions announced in Burgundy
In other regions such as Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the Regional Health Agency recommends that the conditions of visits be again framed in a more restrictive way for the end of year celebrations.
For the time being in Burgundy, no protocol has been recommended. “Residents need their families, breathes Isabelle Faivre. Christmas is a time of reunion, we must not close.”
Unless otherwise advised by the authorities, in Longvic, family outings will be authorized. Residents will be tested upon their return. It will even be possible to have lunch with your loved one at the nursing home, in your room and in small groups. Odette Nicol therefore has the green light to find her daughter and all her family on December 25.
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