Protocol, emotional support often create conflicting goals

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Local health care administrators see pain from isolation

  • Local health care administration speaks out on pain from isolation.
    Local health care administration speaks out on pain from isolation.
The challenge of caring for the county’s most vulnerable population has grown exponentially during this pandemic, with health care facilities striving to address the elder community’s emotional needs while also following COVID-19 protocol. Attending to the emotional and mental health of elderly residents is a high priority, but so too is protecting them from a virus that has caused a reported 14…

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