On Wednesday, Marcel and Dan Mueller took a walk with their elderly parents for the first time in two months. Up until now, during the COVID-19 pandemic, they had only been able to shout up to their balcony at the Maxwell Residence in Baie d’Urfé in the West Island “It’s the first kind of human contact we’ve had from the same level as opposed to the third floor,” said Dan Mueller. “Oh, it’s wonderful,” exclaimed his father, Walter Mueller.
Quebec announced Tuesday that people can now visit loved ones at private seniors residences outdoors from a distance of two metres. “It’s time for them to go out.
Otherwise, they have too much anxiety and psychological distress,” Quebec Seniors’ Minister Marguerite Blais told Global News.