A birthday in hospice during COVID-19

GRANDVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) — Amy Brouwer didn’t realize several weeks ago when she hugged her dad, Eugene VanDyken, goodbye, it could be the last physical contact she had with him.

He is at Brookcrest Rehab and Life Center in Grandville under care from Emmanuel Hospice. She also didn’t realize that they would have to find a different way to celebrate his 88th birthday, since COVID-19 has kept families apart.

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