Carla Perissinotto
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183 appearances
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first heard Aug 2021
last heard Aug 2021
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So it's sad that this is what it's taken for us to be aware of it.
That being said, great.
We're now aware of it.
Let's do something.
And I think this is something where we cannot continue to relegate this to something that we ignore.
And I think, Eric, your point about long-term care is really rethinking, you know, what an essential caregiver is.
The fact that we had hospitals that would allow parents in for children, but not a loved one for someone with dementia, where their risk of poor outcomes is even stronger than for
children is really devastating.
And I think thankfully we've seen some of our public policies start to catch up and say compassionate visits.
This is this is this is not just end of life.
This is for people that really rely on that essential caregiver, as you say, for companionship and recognizing
That companionship is just as essential to health.
And we we have been trying to prevent deaths by protecting from COVID, not realize that we're actually probably causing deaths in the process.
We haven't studied this.
We will probably never know.
But I I am so certain that we have caused more deaths, not necessarily more deaths in COVID, but more deaths that are needed that we could have saved.
in ourselves, you mean?
But then you take the assisted living community, which is really hard to get data because the regulations vary from, you know, state to state, county to county.
So
And the other interesting thing about this innovative program is that when when the program first started, you know, I think with the city and the Mental Health Services Act, we're hoping that that people would be connected with mental health services and healthcare services.
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