Corona in homes: senior citizen cannot understand criticism about measures - "live here on a happy island"

The strict corona measures in retirement homes are often criticized.

An 83-year-old who moved to the AWO center in Miesbach is wrong.

• Claudia Brodzinska-Behrend (83) moved

  to a

  retirement home

  in Miesbach

  shortly before the outbreak of the

  Corona crisis

  .

• She emphasizes: "It is simply not true that we have

  to suffer so infinitely more

  here due to

  Corona

  ."

• All residents are free to move around in the home - visits are also allowed.

• Everything from the region is available in the Miesbach newsletter.

Miesbach

- If you think of

the residents of

as an outsider in

, you often have a gloomy picture:

who - as if they weren't already suffering enough from their age-related complaints - are no longer allowed to leave the house, let alone because received visitors.

A retirement age in a cage, cut off from the outside world.

Miesbach: Home resident cannot understand criticism of corona measures

When you hear Claudia Brodzinska-Behrend (83) talk about her everyday life at the

, this picture suddenly brightens.

The alleged bars are turned into late autumn maple trees, the isolation in the room becomes a

with loved ones at the table, and the

in the house becomes a

- even without a mask at a distance.

The actress from Wall has been living in the senior center in the district town for nine months.

Shortly before the

, the native of Berlin exchanged her 130 square meter apartment in the old rectory in Wall for a 19 square meter room.

“

” enthuses the 83-year-old, who has been a widow for 30 years after the untimely death of her husband Sigi Behrend.

"I was able to let go of everything."

"It is simply not true that we have to suffer so infinitely more here due to Corona"

Brodzinska-Behrend emphasizes that you took your time with the decision.

But when the 36 steps to her apartment and the bus ride to go shopping became an increasingly difficult burden for her, she went to the

.

With the great luck "that my mind is still perfectly clear".

That also made it easier for her to

.

That and her unwavering

.

Brodzinska-Behrend enchanted her east balcony with flowers.

"From there I can even see the Miesbach town hall," she enthuses.

Foresight is also important to the actress in a figurative sense.

Therefore, she cannot understand at all if some of her roommates or their relatives continually complain about the

in the

.

"It is simply not true that we have

to suffer so infinitely more

here due to

," writes Brodzinska-Behrend in a

to our newspaper.

Corona in Miesbach: Home residents are allowed to move freely - and receive visitors

All

are

, even

in their living area

.

Relatives or acquaintances can be received in one of the four “visitor spots” in the house.

However, with a

and time limit of 30 minutes per day, adds Rosemarie Holzapfel, director of the senior citizen center.

"Of course, we make exceptions for special occasions such as birthdays."

Brodzinska-Behrend knows that she can deal with these

more easily than other residents.

She has no children she wants to see often, is agile and mentally fit to talk on the phone with her sister, brother-in-law and best friend.

“I'm sure I'm very

” says the 83-year-old.

Corona in Miesbach: Senior citizen appeals: Don't just focus on criticism - "We have so much good left"

And yet she also appeals to everyone else

“Let us try not only to lament and mourn the impossible.

We have so much

that we should be

for. "

Brodzinska-Behrend praises Holzapfel and her

.

The leader acts with a "deliberate wisdom and caution" and thus manages

to protect

the residents from the

.

The supervisors would look after them lovingly and give them a feeling of

.

As a thank you, Brodzisnka-Behrend has been tinkering with monastery work since August as a Christmas present for the employees, but also for their roommates.

Christmas in Bavaria: the home manager hopes for corona rapid tests

At

and Holzapfel is already thinking.

The home manager hopes that the announced

available by then.

Then the residents could visit their families on Christmas Eve without having to

go

into a four-day

afterwards (as is currently the case with exits without a mask or distance)

.

But even those who

stay

in the

over the

are not lonely.

As with the Oktoberfest and Wine Festival, the home holds on to

it has

grown to love

.

"We then just celebrate with each of the seven living areas separately," reports Holzapfel, who praises the residents and staff as "totally brave".

"I don't live in prison here, but on a happy island"

This is another reason why Brodzinska-Behrend can say from the bottom of his heart: "I don't live in prison here, but on a happy island."

(sg)