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Norma Wiechman doesn t want to move into a personal care home. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Norma Wiechman does not want to move into a personal care home.
Norma Wiechman does not want to move into a personal care home.
The 79-year-old has watched the news unfold: COVID-19 spreading through seniors centres while residents were forced to isolate and take meals in their small rooms. Wiechman said she has friends who wish they never moved into a personal care home. I wouldn t want to go into one, but at some point, I know I ll have to. What else can you do? Wiechman said from her home just outside of Winnipeg.
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