ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) Dozens of long-term care facilities across the St. Louis area are preparing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine sometime this week.
Michele Mahoney, from Arnold, said itâs been a painful 10 months having limited contact with her mother, Catherine, who suffers from dementia. The 83-year-old lives at Delmar Gardens South in the memory care unit. Until recently, Mahoney said she wasnât able to visit her mom in-person. She said visits now are socially distant and only last a short time.
âYou sit at the end, and they call her and she sits at the other end,â Mahoney said. âWe canât touch and she wants to hold you or touch you and you cannot. You sit and you talk and you only get 20 minutes.â