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The Paradise Next Door
“Why would I want to hear about death and destruction? I’d rather hear somebody made a hole in one yesterday.”
[MUSIC PLAYING] “1, 2, 3. Smile!” “We would like to think the American dream is a happy retirement. And that’s what we’ve established ourselves to be is the last bastion of life.” “Come on, smile it up.” “There are some people that don’t like us. But it kind of goes along with any success.” “The Villages literally is in the middle of nowhere. We had to keep purchasing more land. And it all had to be connected so that people can get around in golf carts. The dream was here all along. It’s just that we find some people that just will not sell to us.” “You’re the biggest jerk there is!” “Roll tape.” “Everything in here’s all bullshit.” “They have a house in the middle of the villages. So we just build around them.” “Ah! This is the rock wall that kind of divides us. Even though there’s a f
Biden must make good on his promise to support families with sick loved ones.
By Kate Washington
Ms. Washington is the author of a forthcoming book on caregiving. A dining critic at The Sacramento Bee, she has cared for her husband for six years through his treatment for lymphoma, a stem-cell transplant and chronic illness.
Feb. 22, 2021
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Five years ago I stood in a tiny hospital room wondering how I was going to care for the man I loved most without succumbing to despair.
For four months, my husband, Brad, had been recovering from a stem-cell transplant that saved his life from aggressive lymphoma. The hospital administration said he must go home, but he needed a level of support that, I thought, only a hospital could provide.
The New York governor’s remarks came as Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined lawmakers backing an investigation into the state’s handling of nursing homes in the pandemic.
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On a recent morning, Bill Williams, 87, awoke to learn of a terrible virus that had spread everywhere and was killing people. âWell, weâve got this virus,â an aide at his nursing home in Broken Bow, Neb., told him. A few minutes later, he had forgotten about the virus, and so the nursing aide told him again. And then again. She would have to tell him the next day, too.
âItâs pretty quiet in here,â Mr. Williams said, biting the inside of his lip a little.
âWell, weâve got this virus.â
On most days, after Mr. Williams forgets again about the virus, he gets out of his armchair and into his wheelchair and goes down the hallway at Brookestone View Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation. Like other residents with Alzheimerâs disease or dementia, he is ânoncompliantâ with mask-wearing protocols. He says the masks fog up his glasses. Or he thinks: What mask? He is also ânoncompliantâ with social-distancing measures.
A Different Early-Bird Special: Have Vaccine, Will Travel
People over 65 have been among the first in line to receive Covid-19 vaccinations. And they are leading a wave in new travel bookings.
Travel is on the rise among newly inoculated older travelers. The Marker Key West Harbor Resort in Key West, Fla. has resumed an aqua yoga class that was put on hiatus during the pandemic.Credit.Mark Hedden for The New York Times
By Debra Kamin
Published Feb. 17, 2021Updated March 22, 2021
When the coronavirus hit, Jim and Cheryl Drayer, 69 and 72, canceled all their planned travel and hunkered down in their home in Dallas, Texas.