ANSON COUNTY, N.C. — Dana Allen, of Anson County, said she has not seen her 82-year-old mother, Carrie Hinson, for a year because of restrictions on nursing home visitations during the pandemic.
“It hits me every day that March 12 of last year that may be the last day I hugged my momma, because none of us are promised tomorrow,” Allen said.
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She said she has seen her mother through a window since then at Anson Health and Rehabilitation, which is in the middle of a COVID-19 outbreak.
>> In the video at the top of this webpage, anchor Blaine Tolison speaks with the daughter about her plea to ease the state’s restrictions.
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According to the state, nursing homes can have indoor visitation if there are no cases in the last 14 days and the county’s positivity rate is less than 10%. Anson County’s positivity rate is 5%.
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