id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-353438-6bx9lsc7 nan The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Family Affair 2020-05-19 .txt text/plain 1267 71 56 Residents in long-term care facilities miss their partners and children who are no longer allowed to visit because of the COVID-19 policies to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Distressing stories abound of patients who have to deal with the news of their COVID-19 diagnosis all by themselves without a family member present and those patients who are admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) who have to say goodbye to their family in the emergency department not knowing whether they will see each other again. Mothers, fathers, and other family members of children receiving psychiatric care report being unable visit their child for an extended period of time and are afraid their child will become ill from the coronavirus. Moreover, as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, much, if not all, of the support given to families who provide long-term care for an ill parent, partner, or child is lost. ./cache/cord-353438-6bx9lsc7.txt ./txt/cord-353438-6bx9lsc7.txt