Holiday Houses Give Seniors Safe Options to Visit With Family

WANE.com reports that senior residents at three Lutheran Life Villages campuses in Fort Wayne, Ind., can now visit with family using Holiday Houses. These are large rented mobile office spaces that provide a warm decorated safe space for families to see their loved ones. "The pandemic has been hard because we are used to having our campuses full of people, and these Holiday Houses will be one small way to ensure we feel the connection of people this holiday season," said Lutheran Life Villages CEO Alex Kiefer. The spaces feature air purifiers, ultraviolet lights, and personnel to sanitize in between visits, while family members and residents must remain socially distanced and masked during sessions. The Holiday Houses will remain in place throughout the winter. "We've had almost 100 visits, each of the last three weeks, just in our Holiday Houses alone," Kiefer said. "It's been wonderful to be able to take some of that engagement that was happening through the window over the summer and be able to bring those people together in a much more weatherproof setting than the outdoors today."