Newsday Opinion

Nursing homes across Long Island have been hard hit by the coronavirus, with families becoming frantic and facilities closing themselves off to the outside world. The Amsterdam at Harborside, a continuing care retirement community in Port Washington, has experienced fewer cases than other places where Long Island’s elderly live. Still, life has changed. Episode 19 of “Life Under Coronavirus” is a visit inside the socially-distanced community, where resident Joan Rauch, 88, talks about happy hours of the past that are now replaced by Zoom classes, and other ways to stave off loneliness.