This week we talked with David Berkowitz from Aperion Care about
nursing home residents during COVID-19. The first topic we dealt with was the
“prevention paradox” as Mr. Berkowitz explained. An example of this paradox was
what sometimes a person who doesn't take care of himself lives longer and
better than someone who has good lifestyle habits. However, as he emphasized, those
who take care of themselves will always have a more quality life, although
there are always isolated cases with the other way around.
Then we talked with David Berkowitz Chicago Nursing Home a
little about how the elderly people who live in residences have experienced the
pandemic and how distressed they were by all the news that came to them from
the state of the country. For this reason, in many residences they chose not to
put the news on television anymore. We also exposed the fact of everyday life
that older people do so well and as for their good, many of their daily habits had
to be altered. Let's not forget that we added the fact of not being able to
receive visits.
