Category: Elders
Hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents may not be able to vote in November because of the pandemic
From the Wire August 26, 2020
Renowned inventor Walter Hutchins has voted in every presidential election since 1952. This year, as many states stopped sending teams to help seniors vote, his nursing home was on coronavirus lockdown and his streak was in…
Real life, real tragedies in the pandemic
Wade Rathke Meteor Columnist April 11, 2020
Pearl River Trump is in trouble, and it’s getting worse. Reportedly, top Republicans and their political strategists are trying to tell him that his daily press meanderings are hurting him, and that he needs to step…
Coronavirus means tough decision time for seniors, here are some thoughts from two
From the Wire March 31, 2020
There is little time in this moment to think about “what might have been,” but for seniors like us there are now profound questions about what we do next. by James Adams, James Barker Editor’s note:…
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