Aging Series: Senior Centers, Once A Gathering Place For Elders, Struggle During COVID
6:37 For elders in big cities and small towns, senior centers offered a respite from home. The senior center was a place to go and talk with other people, take a class, exercise, and eat a meal. But socializing with other people in close contact is potentially deadly for people over 65, so senior centers have closed. What’s been the impact? Beverly Shelton remembers how she felt when she heard last March that the city of Springfield was closing its senior centers because of the pandemic. “Sad,” said Shelton. Th...
Source: wamc.org