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Aging Advisor NC’s owner and elder consultant, Liisa Ogburn, has written over 500 columns on the topic of aging for numerous media outlets including the New York Times, WRAL Raleigh’s Aging Well Series, The Huffington Post, Academic Medicine, Psychology Today, and many other places.
Below are some of the articles written to help educate and guide individuals on how to live well as they age.
New resources for seniors during the pandemic
Services for seniors are changing daily. Resources for Seniors updates and distributes a list of resources and services for seniors nearly daily. Here are some critical ones. To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/new-resources-for-seniors-during-the-pandemic/19035416/
What is telehealth and how can I access it?
Now covered by Medicare, telemedicine, which enables patients to have virtual visits with their healthcare providers, also helps protect vulnerable seniors as well as their physicians from unintentional spread of coronavirus. To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/what-is-telehealth-and-how-can-i-access-it/19032266/
How to get medical needs met while also preventing coronavirus spread
Eighty percent of coronavirus deaths are to those over 65. How can one access medical services without increasing risk? To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/how-to-get-medical-needs-met-while-also-preventing-coronavirus-spread/19030060/
A chance to tap into our better selves
There is no question whether this pandemic and period of isolation and deprivation will change us. The question is whether it will change us into better versions of ourselves, or the opposite of that. To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/a-chance-to-tap-into-our-better-selves/19028765/
What can we learn, how might we grow?
Abigail Adams said to her son 242 years ago, "It is not in the still calm of life... that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues." To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/what-can-we-learn-how-might-we-grow/19023860/
Guard against these scams related to the coronavirus outbreak
Big national or international events often unleash a new wave of scams to take advantage of people's increased fears. Here are ones that the Attorney General is warning the public about. To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/guard-against-these-scams-related-to-the-coronavirus-outbreak/19021588/
Several large chains reserve special shopping times for seniors
Whole Foods, Fresh Market, Dollar General, Target, and Walmart offer special senior hours for those over 60 wanting to reduce risk. To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/several-large-chains-reserve-special-shopping-times-for-seniors/19017221/
Most important takeaways on COVID-19 for fragile elderly
If NC follows a similar disease trajectory to those in Europe, we should expect to see many more cases in the coming weeks, especially as we get drive-by testing sites up and running. Sit tight. Err on the side of caution. To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/most-important-takeaways-on-covid-19-for-fragile-elderly/19013995/
