Families agonize over putting a parent into long-term care and it’s a decision that can be overwhelmed with stress. Valerie Stitchman said it wasn’t easy, but it was necessary to have her mother, June, placed into a long-term care home.
June Lawrence lives with multiple sclerosis. Stitchman said she’s very worried about the system caring for seniors. “We are scared out here but they are powerless.
They are the most vulnerable and at risk to die and this needs to be addressed on so many levels,” Stitchman said. “This pandemic is shining a light on what many people know already.” “The holes in the system are just being exposed like never before,” Stitchman said.