After months of isolation, a 'hug room' lets Italian nursing home residents touch family for the first time
After months of isolation, a ‘hug room’ lets Italian nursing home residents touch family for the first time Chico Harlan, Stefano Pitrelli © Geraldine Hope Ghelli/for The Washington Post Giano Zagaglioli reaches out to his granddaughter through the plexiglass at Villa del Sole in Greccio, Italy. GRECCIO, Italy— It had been nine months since the nursing home closed itself off to visitors, and the director sensed the toll of isolation was getting "worse and worse." There were video calls and distanced hellos with loved ones on the front lawn. But one resident seemed t...
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