“It's just awful.
My father has to stay alone in his nursing home over Christmas, and nobody is allowed to come to my mother's retirement home either. ”On the phone, you can hear Carol Hesje, a pensioner from Calgary, fighting back tears.
Because of the progressive signs of dementia, her father was recently moved to an accommodation with intensive care: "It's only a few steps away from my mother's retirement home, but she is no longer allowed to visit him."
It will be quiet on Christmas in Canada, the country that was recently hailed as an international role model in the fight against the pandemic. But then came October 12th, Thanksgiving, with feasts with friends, family visits, and trips across the great country.