How To Support Older Relatives During This Pandemic
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Call them
With the government encouraging social distancing, it can get lonely. Since social gatherings are being discouraged, many of our elders who relied upon community senior centers for social interactions are now confined to their homes.
“Just having someone giving you an update every three hours, saying I’ll see you later, gives people a sense that there is a future,” Stephanie Cacioppo, an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Chicago, told the New York Times. “It makes seniors not feel abandoned.”
Setting aside time to call and check-in with your loved ones can help them to feel less isolated. The calls don’t have to be long or drawn out, but the gesture alone will show that you care.
