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  04/22/2021

  Barbara Hartwick Oral History, 2021/04/22

  Barbara Hartwick was born and raised in Minnesota and currently works between two nursing homes as a stylist. In this interview, Barb will describe how Covid-19 has impacted her life including both work and family. She shares her experience and her ways of dealing with not working and then eventually working during a pandemic. She describes the impact the residents had on her and the impact she had on her customers. She also had some other interesting experiences during these unprecedented times.
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  2021-09-06

  Erika Claspille Oral History, 2021/09/06

  This is my recollection of discovering my uncle's death due to COVID-19 during genealogical research.
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  2021-01-15

  My Grandma Made Front Page Again

  My grandma Pauline Bell made the front page of our local paper again. This time, she was one of the first in the area to receive the vaccine. We were all so happy for her and what this might mean for all of us who miss her.
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  2021-03-16

  Peru's prime minister oversees vaccines in nursing home

  Peru's prime minister Violeta Bermudez oversees vaccinations in a nursing home. Part of the rollout in Peru.
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  2021-02-03

  The Joy Of Receiving A COVID-19 Vaccine In A Nursing Home

  Residents at a Colorado assisted living faclity got their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. They are now allowed to have gatherings as long as they continue social distance and wear a mask. Their family can also visit them once again as long as certain safety measures are followed.
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  2021-01-22

  A Covid Experience

  I learn about myself through the stories of others; this account is both a recounting of my friend Stephanie’s story, a conversation we had after she contracted Covid19, and my own introspection about the different impact that written and spoken stories have.
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  2020-10-03

  Jessica Fisher Oral History, 2020/10/03

  Graduate student at ASU, Angelica S Ramos interviews mother of a new born baby. In this interview she discussed the struggles with prenatal care and her experience with birth during COVID. Fisher also discusses family support as a new mother amidst the pandemic and how her interactions with her family has changed. She mentions her worries with being high risk for contraction and how she copes with her worries. She also talks about her work as a teacher and how much that environment has changed for her and her students. In this interview, Fisher also talks about her close relationship with her grandmother who lived in assisted living and how their relationship has been forced to change. Lastly, she talks about her hopes for the future.
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  2020-09-01

  Overlooked and Undercounted: The Growing Impact of COVID-19 on Assisted Living Facilities

  While most states report the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in nursing homes, the number of cases and deaths in assisted living facilities are usually either lumped together with nursing homes or ignored. This not only causes gaps in case data but also leads to the needs of assisted living facilities being ignored.
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  2020-08-28

  A San Andreas Nursing Home is Experiencing a Rise in COVID-19 Cases

  A nursing home in San Andreas, California is experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases. Nursing homes can be a hot spot for infection as the residents are all at increased risk for the virus and live in a facility with several other people. Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties have had relatively low cases of COVID-19, though long term care facilities for the elderly remain a huge risk for infection. Governor Newsom is rolling out a new monitoring system in the coming days to place counties in the state under increased or reduced restrictions based on daily cases per 100,000 people testing positive.
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  05/23/2020

  Denise Pearson Oral History, 2020/05/23

  This interview is the fourth in a collection compiled by Glennda McGann for the COVID-19 Oral History Project
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  03/21/2020

  Susan Gould Oral History, 2020/03/21

  Susan Gould describes her preparations for COVID-19 and what everyday life is like in a state mandated lockdown. She also explains how her employer, Menorah Park, a nursing home located in the epicenter of Ohio’s Covid-19 outbreak responded to the pandemic.
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  04/26/2020

  Senior drove through love parade

  My grandmother Pauline Bell made it into the local paper. She lives in an assisted living community and no visitors are allowed. Family was invited to decorate their cars and drive by slowly honking and encouraging their loved ones from a safe distance!
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  2020-04-12

  Missing Great Grandpa

  Great Grandpa of 32 Grandpa of 17 Dad of 6 Moved into an assisted Living Facility In March 2020 - 2 weeks later, no visitors allowed!! *Great Grandpas second week in an ALF and quarantine struck!
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  2020-04-20

  Reflections in reflection.

  Visiting my mother through her window -in her assisted living facility.
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  2020-04-11

  Journal of the Plague Year entry 2

  The retirement home/health center that I work at just just had their first COVID-19 case this week, and naturally every single employee freaked out. The retirement home I work at is home to some very wealthy people, and the facility is considered one of the best assisted living places in the United States. Yet, the we still seemed unprepared for something like this to happen at the facility. For the past few weeks due to lack of face masks in the facility, most employees are given bandanas to cover their mouths and noses that to me aren't very effective, and we are having people take temperatures upon arrival that have no idea how to take temperatures. I have consistently came to work with a temperature, according to the person taking it, between 90 and 95 degrees which doesn't seem right at all. For the sake of our residents, I really hope that we can continue to do more to protect them and ourselves from this invisible enemy.