The facility said it's not allowing visits from families, volunteers or vendors, and is also placing admissions on hold for the time being
Holstad's husband, Ken, has been staying at the Life Care Center -- where more than 50 residents and staff are experiencing coronavirus symptoms -- after a fall that broke his hip. He has Parkinson's disease and dementia and also has a cough, she said. "No one at Life Care is answering the phones," the sign read."He needs to be attended to ...
"I have real problems with how they're handling the interface with family," she said, remarking it was"sort of like a movie about an epidemic in a little town, and they don't know how to handle the situation.
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