It is bootless to expect politicians – still less the people who devise their public messaging – to entertain a lively sense of irony. So I suppose it hasn’t struck the “weirdos and misfits” tasked by government to hatch a “Listen to Nan” campaign that there is anything even the […]
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When My Elderly Mom Fell, I Was Faced With A Heartbreaking Dilemma
I will be OK. She will be OK. I tell myself this several times as I drive two and a half hours to my mother’s house. She is 84 and fell a few days earlier. I have not seen her since last Christmas, prior to the coronavirus pandemic. My husband […]
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The Heartbreaking Price My Elderly Parents Are Paying For Staying Safe During This Pandemic
Much is predictable in my pandemic-shaped life. Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations and deaths spiral ever higher, and I wonder if this much fear and fury can cause an aneurism. My daughter fosters another sick dog instead of doing her online college classes, and I think, at least she’s not going […]
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COVID-19 pandemic poses another threat to elderly: Loneliness | Local News
When Betty Rutt remembers life before the pandemic, what she misses most is her family. “That’s the hardest thing for all adults this age, if you don’t see your family,” Rutt said. “Because that’s almost what you live for.” Rutt, who is 92 and a resident at Brethren Villages’ Village […]