Senior adults

All programs and activities at all facilities will be canceled. Home delivered meals will continue to be delivered as usual. Senior Centers will also offer a grab-and-go meal service where older adults can send their family members, friends or caregivers under the age of 65 to pick-up pre-packaged meals, Monday through Friday. Distribution times vary; a full list of locations and times for meal pick-up can be found here.

When it comes to aging, language matters. The words we use to describe and label older members of society reflect our vision of their capabilities as well as their contributions. The descriptors with which we identify our parents and grandparents says a lot not only about them, but about us too. A natural part of life, aging is an organic transformation bound into the human experience. But language can have just the opposite effect.

March 21, Mike Gamble said…. Why is everyone so fixated on the need to label us? We're all just plain people, not seniors and not elders. We're also not in denial of our status.

Among adults, the risk for severe illness from COVID increases with age, with older adults at highest risk. Severe illness means that the person with COVID may require hospitalization, intensive care, or a ventilator to help them breathe, or they may even die. For example, people in their 50s are at higher risk for severe illness than people in their 40s. Similarly, people in their 60s or 70s are, in general, at higher risk for severe illness than people in their 50s. There are also other factors that can increase your risk for severe illness, such as having underlying medical conditions.