Outdoor family visits allowed outside Massachusetts nursing homes

Outdoor family visits allowed outside Massachusetts nursing homes

The heavy rain didn't stop people from visiting family at Massachusetts nursing homes, including one man who used a bucket truck to visit a loved one weeks ago.

WEATHER DIDN’T DISCOURAGE ANYONETODAY.A LITTLE RAIN DIDN’T STOP NICKAVE.JUST FROM VISITING HIS WIFE OF61 YEARS MARION TODAY.AFTER ALL, THIS IS THE MAN WHOJUMPED IN A BUCKET TRUCK ACOUPLE OF MONTHS AGO TO VISITHER OUTSIDE OF HER SECOND-FLOORROOM AT MARA STILL NURSING ANDREHAB CENTER IT TOOK ABOUT THREEOR FOUR PEOPLE TO HELP ME GET INAND OUT OF THE BUCKET, BUT ONCEI WAS IN THERE I HAD NO I WASN’TAFRAID TO NO FEAR.I JUST WANTED TO SEE HER I FELTLIKE I WAS IN THE MOVIE.IT’S BEEN A WONDERFUL HUSBAND.HE’S BEEN YOU KNOW A VISITOR WHOUSED TO COME.ALL DAY LONG EVERY DAY NEVERMISSED A DAY NEVER AND THIS HASBEEN PROBABLY THE HARDEST FORFAMILIES THAT ARE LIKE THATWHERE THEY COME EVERY DAY.SO THAT’S BEEN WORKING OUTFANTASTICALLY.JIM TRACY IS PRESIDENT OF MARASTILL.HE SAYS THE FIRST FEW DAYS OFFAMILY VISITS HAVE GONE SMOOTHLYAND HAVE BEEN A HUGE MORALEBOOST FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED THESTATE REQUIRES THAT VISITS BE BYAPPOINTMENT ONLY THAT THEYHAPPEN OUTDOORS THAT FAMILYMEMBERS ARE SCREENED UPONARRIVAL.EVERYONE MUST WEAR MASKS ANDREMAIN SIX FEET OF AT ALL TIMESI ENJOY COMING HERE EVERY DAYAND I’D STAY AS LONG AS I CANBEFO THEY THROW ME OUT NOW,NOT EVERY NURSING HOME IS DOINGTHESE OUTDOOR VISITS YET.SO MAKE SURE