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       What would it be like to be all alone away from your family? You could see pictures of them, but you couldn't touch them or connect with them. You have hardly anyone to talk to, and you have no one to play with. I'm sure not many of us would be too enthusiastic about those arrangements.  Sadly, many nursing home residents in the country were forced to live this life, because of the Covid-19 pandemic.      Because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, nursing home facilities were forced to shut down to protect the residents. This caused many elderly people to lose contact with family members. I had the opportunity to interview a friend who worked in a nursing home during the first few months of the shut-down. She gave me so much information about how her job changed after everything shut down, and how it affected the residents.       I'm sure you all remember, in March, how hard it was to find toilet paper. So many needed supplies were hard to get. The nursing homes also had a ha