Letter: Hospital a horror without daughter who acts as my eyes, ears

Limiting hospital visitors was done without thinking of the impact on seniors with support requirements.

Hospital stay a nightmare
without daughter to help

These are frightening times for health care workers as well as anyone requiring emergency care.

I am 88 years old and was recently diagnosed with congestive heart failure. I am deaf in both ears and have substantial visual impairment. I can only walk with a walker.

I have my daughter as a caregiver who helps me survive in the real world.

I have another critical cardiac procedure scheduled soon and I am in a panic regarding not having access to my daughter who acts as my eyes and ears while at the hospital. I have already gone through a recent procedure where she was forced to stay at the lobby door. It was a disorienting nightmare.

I believe the idea of limiting access to hospitals for non-patients was done without consideration of the impact on seniors and their support requirements.

I hope Gov. Gavin Newsom revisits this issue and provides help for the forgotten seniors.

Jack Winchell
Saratoga

 

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