PHOTOS: Belgian retirement home offers ‘hug curtain’ for safe embrace

Residents of a Belgian retirement home are able to soothe the pain of social distancing measures imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic by embracing their loved ones through a 'hug curtain'. Staff at the Jardins de Picardie nursing home near the French border installed the large plastic curtain on June 14 and it has proven very popular with the residents, who had not been allowed any visitors for 11 weeks. The curtain, decorated with flowers and bright colours, is made of a big plastic sheet with two pockets on each side where residents and visitors or staff insert their arms.

Updated on: Jul 03, 2020 6:09 PM IST

Lifestyle

Share via

• 
• 
• 
• 

Copy link

• 

1/7

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jul 03, 2020 6:09 PM

Albert Letellier, 86, a resident at Belgian nursing home "Le Jardin de Picardie" enjoy hugs and cuddles with Marie-Christine Desoer, the director of the residence, through a wall made with plastic sheets to protect against potential coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection, in Peruwelz, Belgium July 1, 2020. (REUTERS)

2/7

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jul 03, 2020 6:09 PM

Assunta Pillitu,86 a resident at Belgian nursing home "Le Jardin de Picardie" enjoy hugs and cuddles with her son Piero Zucca in Peruwelz, Belgium July 1, 2020. (REUTERS)

3/7

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jul 03, 2020 6:09 PM

Luigia Pani, 89, a resident at Belgian nursing home "Le Jardin de Picardie" enjoy hugs and cuddles with her son Riccardo Vacca through a wall made with plastic sheets to protect against potential coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection, in Peruwelz, Belgium July 1, 2020. (REUTERS)

4/7

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jul 03, 2020 6:09 PM

Luigia Pani, 89, a resident at Belgian nursing home "Le Jardin de Picardie" enjoy hugs and cuddles with her son Riccardo Vacca in Peruwelz, Belgium July 1, 2020. (REUTERS)

5/7

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jul 03, 2020 6:09 PM

Lily Hendrickx, 83, a resident at Belgian nursing home "Le Jardin de Picardie" enjoy hugs and cuddles with Marie-Christine Desoer, the director of the residence, in Peruwelz, Belgium July 1, 2020. (REUTERS)

6/7

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jul 03, 2020 6:09 PM

Albert Letellier, 86, a resident at Belgian nursing home "Le Jardin de Picardie" enjoy hugs and cuddles with Marie-Christine Desoer, the director of the residence, in Peruwelz, Belgium July 1, 2020. (REUTERS)

7/7

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jul 03, 2020 6:09 PM

Richard Josefiak, 63, a resident at Belgian nursing home "Le Jardin de Picardie" enjoy hugs and cuddles with his daughter Amandine Josefiak in Peruwelz, Belgium July 1, 2020. (REUTERS)