VICTORIA -- Pandemic restrictions, like physical distancing, can be barriers for people providing and receiving end-of-life-care at Victoria Hospice. Visitor restrictions also make it difficult to comfort those in their last days of life. For Victoria Hospice medical director Dr. Amy Tan, providing closeness to her patients during the pandemic has been a challenge. “It’s about the humanity that binds us all and part of that is closeness and with PPE, with distancing, it’s hard,” said Tan. “It’s hard because we’re not able to maintain that same type of connection.” Tan says she is also concerned that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how people grieve the loss of a loved one.