MADRID — When Elena Lorenzo’s 86-year-old sister Rosario fell in the middle of the night in her home in Spain’s northern Galicia region and her husband struggled to assist her, they knew it was time to get help. But a nursing home was out of the question.
“There had been talk of a nursing home, but that was before COVID,” Lorenzo said, recalling her sister’s fall a few weeks ago.
“An at-home carer will be wary of putting you at risk, plus you stay in your house: you have your slippers, your bed, your decorations.”
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