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Virus lockdown means Italy’s old are isolated from relatives
Read full article: Virus lockdown means Italy’s old are isolated from relativesItaly has one of the worlds oldest populations, and the coronavirus outbreak is taking its toll on family relationships. The elderly are sealing themselves off from loved ones or cant be visited due to nursing home rules or travel restrictions. She insists they leave their care packages outside her door and then steps onto her balcony to wave to them. Now her mother goes to the residence every two days to bring her husband freshly washed and ironed clothes. In a panic that perhaps she had lost a potential place for her mother, Giardino dialed the nuns.