Mary Daniel’s husband has Alzheimer’s and is in a memory care center. In March 2020, she was barred from seeing him as Florida joined many other states in imposing harsh restrictions to try to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Daniel immediately started searching for a way to continue to see her husband, Steve, with added urgency each day as the months passed and restrictions remained in place. Among her ideas was petitioning the facility caring for her husband, Rosecastle at Deerwood in Jacksonville, to let her work there or get involved in some way, such as bringing in a therapy dog.
