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In this March 12, 2020, photo, Scott Sedlacek becomes animated as talks to reporters outside Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle. The facility has been at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in the state, and Sedlacek — who also has tested positive for the virus — said he and his siblings have barely spoken to their father who lives inside the center, and in addition to testing positive for the coronavirus, has blindness, neuropathy, and has difficulty using a phone, saying he is more of an "inmate" than a patient. Residents of assisted living facilities and their loved ones are facing a grim situation as the coronavirus spreads across the country, placing elderly people especially at risk. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

In this March 12, 2020, photo, Scott Sedlacek becomes animated as talks to reporters outside Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle. The facility has been at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in the state, and Sedlacek — who also has tested positive for the virus — said he and his siblings have barely spoken to their father who lives inside the center, and in addition to testing positive for the coronavirus, has blindness, neuropathy, and has diffic…

March 14, 2020

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'He's an inmate': Anguish mounts over virus-hit nursing home
March 14, 2020 6:13 p.m.

'He's an inmate': Anguish mounts over virus-hit nursing home

KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) — Desperate to talk to their dad, Scott Sedlacek and his brother, Steve, stood outside his open nursing home window and shouted. They could barely hear his weak replies, but one came through clearly.