Nursing homes during the pandemic. How were they forced to adapt?


A video about live in Spanish nursing homes during the coronavirus covid-19 pandemic.  How homes were forced to apply protocols that in effect affected the lives of residents without anybody asking them about their opinion.  https://youtu.be/pzZSmZd9mKY. A video that tries to take the point of view of a resident who lives with dementia.​

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