A nursing shortage driven by the pandemic has made life miserable for parents with profoundly disabled children. “What if I’m so exhausted that I make a mistake?”
As Pandemic Eases, Many Seniors Have Lost Strength
Need for rehabilitative services rises as lockdown leaves many seniors in rapid physical decline
Ronald Lundquist, 87, has been active all his life. So, he wasn’t prepared for what happened when he stopped going out during the COVID-19 pandemic and spent most of his time, inactive, at home.
“I found it hard to get up and get out of bed,” said Lundquist, who lives with his wife of 67 years in Palm Springs, California. “I just wanted to lay around. I lost my desire to do things.”
Physically, Lundquist noticed that getting up out of a chair was difficult, as was getting into and out of his car. “I was praying ‘Lord, give me some strength.’ I kind of felt, ‘I’m on my way out I’m not going to make it,’” he said.
Thu, 06/03/2021 - 9:33am sarahp SHIRLEY M. ROUNDS
WILLISTON Shirley M. Rounds, 93, peacefully passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family on April 30, 2021.
Shirley was born on Aug. 29, 1927, in Syracuse, N.Y., the daughter of Marion (Flachsland) and John Moynihan. In 1947 she married the love of her life, Robert L. Rounds, in Syracuse N.Y. Their 60 years of marriage were a true testament of love and their greatest joy and accomplishments were creating a loving family that now spans generations.
She may have been petite in size, but her legacy is unequaled. Mom to four children: Karen Rounds, John Rounds, Kathleen McKennan, and Cindy Sander; Nana to nine grandchildren; and great-grandmother to eight, the ninth due on her birthday this August.