Confined for several weeks, these elderly people have a message: “Think of yourself but think of us! Says an elderly lady in the common room of her retirement home, her index finger pointing towards the ceiling. " I think about you a lot, I love you very much, come and see me soon ," added another grandmother, in her lilac knit.
These video messages were filmed at the “Les Sablons” retirement home in the small commune of Pulnoy, a few kilometers east of Nancy (54). First intended for relatives of elderly residents of the nursing home, these images have moved far beyond Lorraine.
This sequence relayed by our colleagues from Eastern Republican has already been seen more than 12,000 times and infuses a healthy dose of comfort while the elderly are the hardest hit by the epidemic due to the coronavirus.