Photo description:

RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS LOCAL - Not able to say goodbye Portrait of John Braun at his home. Saying goodbye: In times such as this, semi-retired Winnipeg pastor John Braun thinks back to the death of his own father in 2008. There was an influenza outbreak and seniors’ care facilities had shut their doors to visitors. When his father died, he died without any of his loved ones around him. “We had feelings of guilt for not being there, and my mother had feelings of guilt for not being there,” Braun told the Free Press. With restrictions on visitors to hospitals and care homes, more people will be dying alone and more families will be dealing with the grief of never having had that chance to say goodbye. See story. April 3rd, 2020