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Pandemic forces to celebrate Father’s Day at a distance

Wake Sharp was able to see his family on Father’s Day… to see you, but not hug them, or kiss them, or even shaking your hand.

Due to the terrible havoc that has been caused by the coronavirus in residents of homes for the elderly and other institutions, veteran of the Armed 93-year-old and his loved ones had to stay on opposite sides of a barrier of plexiglas and talking on a phone at the nursing home on the outskirts of San Francisco in which he lives.

“It’s better than nothing!”, he said. “Really enjoy it”.

Dads who reside in nursing homes across the country celebrated Father’s Day on Sunday to a distance required of your family. Some families were reported by video calls; others used social media to send their good wishes.

The virus has made it difficult, and at times unable, visits, face-to-face to the elders and family vulnerable in recent months, although some sectors of the country have begun to lift the restrictions. Maryland and Illinois were among the states that allowed the visits in foreign homes for the elderly, with use of masks and 1.8 meters (6 feet) of distance.

Frank Wolff, his wife and his son visited the father of 91 years of Wolff in the outer courtyard of the asylum in Chicago on Father’s Day. The venue staff took them to all the temperature and followed other rules.

“It was good to see him and really see how it is,” said Wolff, who had not seen his father, Howard, since Illinois imposed orders of confinement in mid-march.

Sharp was able to see his family through a box of plexiglas that was built by a member of the staff of Rockville Terrace, the residence in which he lives in Fairfield, California.

Four generations of the family of Sharp were gathered in a courtyard. The largest of them, that came in with the help of a walker, sat inside the box with a phone in hand and spoke with their relatives on the other side of the panel.

“We embrace through the glass,” said Sharp, who has not been able to give them a hug real long time ago.

It was not the first time that you make a similar visit.

“I don’t know who enjoys it more. My family and I, or dad,” said his son, Dan Sharp, who lives in Novato, California. After a few seconds, he added: “Probably dad”.

Rockville Terrance also organized a parade of family cars with banners Father’s Day and a barbecue for the dads could eat meat and hamburgers.

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The coronavirus has claimed around 120,000 lives in the united States. Until mid-June, over 45,500 residents and staff of nursing homes and other institutions long-term care had died due to the outbreak, according to a count by The Associated Press. The figure represented at that time about 40% of the total deaths in the country by the pandemic.

Nursing homes have been one of the last places in relaxing the restrictions. To the family and to the leaders of these institutions are very concerned about the effects that the isolation is having on the mental health of the residents

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