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Ancianos con COVID luchan contra la 'niebla mental', la debilidad y la confusión emocional
"Señor, devuélveme la memoria".
Durante meses, mientras Marilyn Walters luchaba por recuperarse del COVID-19, repitió esta oración día y noche.
Al igual que otros adultos mayores que han enfermado gravemente por el coronavirus, Walters, de 65 años, describe lo que ella llama "niebla cerebral": dificultad para enlazar...Read more
Older COVID patients battle 'brain fog,' weakness and emotional turmoil
"Lord, give me back my memory."
For months, as Marilyn Walters has struggled to recover from COVID-19, she has repeated this prayer day and night.
Like other older adults who've become critically ill from the coronavirus, Walters, 65, describes what she calls "brain fog" — difficulty putting thoughts together, problems ...Read more
Older COVID patients battle 'brain fog,' weakness and emotional turmoil
"Lord, give me back my memory."
For months, as Marilyn Walters has struggled to recover from COVID-19, she has repeated this prayer day and night.
Like other older adults who've become critically ill from the coronavirus, Walters, 65, describes what she calls "brain fog" — difficulty putting thoughts together, problems with concentration, ...Read more
After a lifetime of hunting mushrooms, woman has a species named for her
HARTFORD, Conn. - Connie Borodenko has spent a lifetime hunting for mushroom treasures and now has the privilege of having a rare species named for her.
"I think, but I'm not positive, that I found it at Salmon River State Forest," Borodenko said of the find that led to a mushroom in her name. The forest, located in Colchester, Conn....Read more
Travel Trending with Kathy Witt: Explore these cemeteries and their secrets
"Show me your cemeteries and I will tell you what kind of people you have."
- Benjamin Franklin
For some secrets, even being buried beneath six feet of earth isn't enough to keep them hidden away forever. For others, their gravestones and gravesites spawn years of conjecture and theories. Unearth the mysteries at these cemeteries:...Read more
At 100, scratchboarding artist keeps his hands busy
MINNEAPOLIS - Glenn Pettit's hands have never stopped working. Active and dexterous, they've been finding interesting things to do for more than 100 years.
"I've always worked with these things," he said, waving his hands up and down.
As a boy, Pettit wielded tools given him by his dentist father to take all kinds of things apart - ...Read more
Ms. Rena shares her secrets to living to 100 in the age of coronavirus
PHILADELPHIA - The rain came down in near-Biblical proportions the afternoon of Sept. 29, but that wasn't about to deter the St. Martin-in-the-Fields congregation members and other well-wishers from parading their way to the Germantown porch of the day's much-loved honoree:
The irrepressible, indomitable Rena Graves, who turned 100 years young...Read more
Nonprofit links people in need with benefits they don't even know they deserve
PHILADELPHIA - Unable to work because she's hobbled by lupus and arthritis, Robin Gentry suffered silently in South Philadelphia, living on a Social Security disability check that never seemed to stretch 31 days.
Gentry, 59, is separated and lives with two of her five adult children. Gentrification in her up-and-coming neighborhood is causing ...Read more
A clerk took her off the voter rolls. How a 95-year-old NC woman got her vote back
DURHAM, N.C. - At 95, Virginia Jones prides herself on 70-plus years of voting. As far as she recalls, she's never missed an election - at least not since she moved back to Durham in 1998.
So she bristled at the letter from the Durham County Board of Elections, denying her application for a mail-in ballot. According to its records, she was not...Read more
After a lifetime of hunting mushrooms, woman has a species named for her
HARTFORD, Conn. - Connie Borodenko has spent a lifetime hunting for mushroom treasures and now has the privilege of having a rare species named for her.
"I think, but I'm not positive, that I found it at Salmon River State Forest," Borodenko said of the find that led to a mushroom in her name. The forest, located in Colchester, Conn., is a ...Read more
Court reverses 1960 ruling that allowed cemetery to discriminate against a Black family
SEATTLE - As the Washington state Supreme Court struck down Tim Eyman's voter-approved initiative to cut car-tab taxes on Thursday, it also did something else, seemingly completely unrelated: It overruled another Supreme Court decision, one from 1960, that had allowed cemeteries to discriminate on the basis of race.
It was, in part, a symbolic...Read more
Esta jubilada hizo casi 8,000 tapabocas para la comunidad desde abril, y aún sigue
Jane Allely tiene miles de razones por las que el polvo se acumula en los estantes de su sala de estar. Allely dice que se retiró a principios de año con planes de quedarse en casa y limpiar, pero eso fue antes del COVID-19. En cambio, ahora pasa el tiempo haciendo tapabocas.
Allely y su prima Nancy Whitham han hecho más de siete mil 784 ...Read more
This retiree has made nearly 8,000 masks for community members since April, and she's still going
Jane Allely has thousands of reasons why dust is gathering on her living room shelves. Allely says she retired earlier this year with plans to stay home and clean, but that was before COVID-19. Instead, her time is now spent making masks.
Allely and her cousin Nancy Whitham have made more than 7,784 masks since April.
"It's my new ...Read more
This retiree has made nearly 8,000 masks for community members since April, and she's still going
Jane Allely has thousands of reasons why dust is gathering on her living room shelves. Allely says she retired earlier this year with plans to stay home and clean, but that was before COVID-19. Instead, her time is now spent making masks.
Allely and her cousin Nancy Whitham have made more than 7,784 masks since April.
"It's my new mission in ...Read more
Lifetime experiences help older adults build resilience to pandemic trauma
Older adults are especially vulnerable physically during the coronavirus pandemic. But they're also notably resilient psychologically, calling upon a lifetime of experience and perspective to help them through difficult times.
New research calls attention to this little-remarked-upon resilience as well as significant challenges for older ...Read more
Lifetime experiences help older adults build resilience to pandemic trauma
Older adults are especially vulnerable physically during the coronavirus pandemic. But they're also notably resilient psychologically, calling upon a lifetime of experience and perspective to help them through difficult times.
New research calls attention to this little-remarked-upon resilience as well as significant challenges for older adults...Read more
Pandemic erects barriers for prized bloc of voters in nursing homes, senior facilities
The convergence of the coronavirus pandemic and election season has complicated this year's voting for residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other long-term care centers.
Many seniors who need help to get or fill out their ballots may be stymied by shifting rules about family visits. Voting procedures - whether in person or...Read more
Casados por décadas, separados por el COVID-19e
SEATTLE — Cuando la pandemia de COVID-19 forzó a la nación al confinamiento, las instalaciones de cuidados a largo plazo fueron las más aisladas. Los residentes de los asilos de ancianos, las alas de vida asistida y las unidades de cuidado de la memoria de Washington fueron limitados a sus habitaciones. Sin tocarse, sin paseos, sin ...Read more
Para pasar el tiempo en la pandemia, los ancianos se vuelven creativos
SEATTLE — Cuando John Suzick se mudó al centro de vida asistida Brookdale Assited Living en el oeste de Seattle, su unidad de 700 pies cuadrados se sintió muy bien. Tenía vista al agua y espacio para todo lo que necesitaba. Comodidad.
Luego, llegó el COVID-19, obligando a los residentes de Brookdale a quedarse encerrados. El área de ...Read more
To pass the time in a pandemic 'prison,' seniors get creative
SEATTLE - When John Suzick moved into the Brookdale Assisted Living facility in West Seattle, his 700-square-foot unit felt just fine. He had a view of the water and room for all he needed. Comfort.
Then COVID-19 hit, forcing Brookdale residents to stay put. The dining area was closed, meals were delivered to their doors, and the walls started...Read more
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