I feel for them. My mom is turning 84 this month, but I am going to hold off on getting her the vaccine for probably a year. I don't want my mom to be a guinea pig. I would rather see prisoners take it. Of course I am not isolating her and I am already prepared with HCQ if anyone in my family gets Wuflu.
Smart, and I would do the same if dad was at home. But he’s locked down and the vaccine is the only thing that will get these poor seniors out from their lonely rooms. They can’t even eat together in the dining room, they have meals brought into their rooms! It is cruel. I do as much as I can to keep him occupied (I even got him robotic pets that bark, meow, etc, so he’s not “alone” all the time), but a damn stuffed dog just isn’t cutting it after nearly a year of this.
That does suck. My mom has dementia and is stuck at home by herself a lot, but I see her twice a day and take her out to dinner every Friday. I think loneliness is the toughest thing on the elderly.
Thank you. My mom is mostly happy. It's kind of like having a 10 year old kid again, just one that repeats herself a lot. She likes playing games and working puzzles. My son is a yoga instructor and comes over 3 times a week and works with her. She still is by herself more than I would like, but she doesn't seem terribly upset about it.
I feel for them. My mom is turning 84 this month, but I am going to hold off on getting her the vaccine for probably a year. I don't want my mom to be a guinea pig. I would rather see prisoners take it. Of course I am not isolating her and I am already prepared with HCQ if anyone in my family gets Wuflu.
Smart, and I would do the same if dad was at home. But he’s locked down and the vaccine is the only thing that will get these poor seniors out from their lonely rooms. They can’t even eat together in the dining room, they have meals brought into their rooms! It is cruel. I do as much as I can to keep him occupied (I even got him robotic pets that bark, meow, etc, so he’s not “alone” all the time), but a damn stuffed dog just isn’t cutting it after nearly a year of this.
That does suck. My mom has dementia and is stuck at home by herself a lot, but I see her twice a day and take her out to dinner every Friday. I think loneliness is the toughest thing on the elderly.
So sorry about your mom, dementia is so rough. Loneliness is definitely the cruelest part of all of this.
Thank you. My mom is mostly happy. It's kind of like having a 10 year old kid again, just one that repeats herself a lot. She likes playing games and working puzzles. My son is a yoga instructor and comes over 3 times a week and works with her. She still is by herself more than I would like, but she doesn't seem terribly upset about it.
That is abusive and heartbreaking. This lockdown has been far more devastating than the virus itself.
I wish Trump would lift his emergency orders from last March which have allowed many governors to act like tyrants and abuse their powers.