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Adult foster homes struggle through pandemic
Todd McInturf
The Detroit News
Pioneer Resources CEO Jill Bonthuis holds a cup while resident Gerald Christensen takes a drink during lunch. COVID-19 has so severely impacted adult foster care homes that non-healthcare staff must pitch in to keep their doors open.
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Pioneer Resources CEO Jill Bonthuis talks about the struggles of operating several adult foster care homes, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022, during the COVID pandemic.
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Residential supervisor Tracy Kroll, right, feeds resident Kimberly Mueller, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022.
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Resident Jeannie Shields briefly talks to a Detroit News reporter saying she loves living at The Mill Iron Home, in Muskegon, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022.
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Resident-support-staff worker Africa Sydnor, standing-right, feeds resident Kimberly Mueller, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022.
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Pioneer Resources CEO Jill Bonthuis, center, grabs a cup for resident Gerald Christensen, right, as residential supervisor Tracy Kroll, left, feeds Mary Miller, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022.
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Residential supervisor Tracy Kroll, center, feeds Mary Miller, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022, as Pioneer Resources CEO Jill Bonthuis, right, washes dishes after feeding lunch to resident Gerald Christensen, background.
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Resident-support-staff worker Africa Sydnor double checks the medicine-schedule book during lunch, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022.
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Resident-support-staff workers Africa Sydnor, left, and Sequoia Armstrong, right, lift resident Jeannie Shields from her wheelchair to a living-room chair after lunch, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022.
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Residential supervisor Tracy Kroll, right, feeds Mary Miller, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022.
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Resident Jan Parker prepares for a nap after lunch, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022.
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Pioneer Resources CEO Jill Bonthuis, left, shakes hands with resident Jan Parker, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022, before Parker takes a nap after lunch and the CEO leaves the facility.
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Residential supervisor Tracy Kroll, right, operates a mechanical lift as she and resident-support-staff member Africa Sydnor, background, lift resident Mary Miller into her bed for a nap after lunch, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022.
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Residential supervisor Tracy Kroll, right, operates a mechanical lift as she and resident-support-staff member Africa Sydnor, center, lift resident Mary Miller into her bed for a nap after lunch, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022.
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Residential supervisor Tracy Kroll, left, stands at the ready as resident-support-staff workers Sequoia Armstrong, left, and Africa Sydnor, right, lift resident Jan Parker into bed for a nap after lunch, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022.
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Residential supervisor Tracy Kroll (not pictured) stands at the ready as resident-support-staff workers Sequoia Armstrong, left, and Africa Sydnor, right, lift resident Jan Parker into bed for a nap after lunch, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022.
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Residents Jeannie Shields, left, and Barbara Bennett, right, play Yahtzee with resident-support-staff worker Africa Sydnor, center-right, as resident Kimberly Mueller, center-left, watches, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022.
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An exterior of The Mill Iron Home, in Muskegon, Wed. Jan. 19, 2022.
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