june 3, 2020
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his to happen. Then senior as a pensioner, I ve any pressures from force or have the presyoung people are feelh the workforce and re facing layoffs and ies of their job.” ontinued on to say a ntage would be the d pains that come with senior but that is all able. “Being a senior is r of maintaining your o that a person can e.” when I asked Judy if seniors had it better in the years gone by. mitted that life is easier y have it better today. niors from years ago have the technology,
equipment, tools, and appliances we do today. I see how hard they had to work. Then it is nice for seniors to stay in touch with people if they have a computer. With the COVID19 Pandemic that happened, we had access to church services online on Sundays because the churches were closed.” Another senior, Nellie Highet, said since the COVID19 Pandemic, it is lonely being a senior in 2020. “Due to the COVID-19, you can’t interact with other people and no one comes to see you. Otherwise, I believe the challenges seniors face due to this virus are going to get groceries or having their family come in. The biggest challenge is not having contact with their family. But I don’t believe that seniors have it harder today than years gone by, because if you are careful as a senior, you can live on whatever you’ve got. I have been to other countries and in the senior homes, you barely had enough bedding on your bed and the mattress was so thin and who knows what the meals were like. I think our country here looks after the seniors pretty good.”
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Citizen Reveals What Life is Like as a Senior Today The benefits and challenges seniors face today are that seniors generally have much better health and can enjoy more time with their grandchildren. The challenges are often having to travel greater distances. COVID-19 has grounded the airlines and there is great uncertainty when and how they will get going again. The health risk to seniors is greatly restricting and we will soon have to deal with the prospects of a second wave of the virus which could be more deadly than the first,” Don said. Overall, Don said it is better today because of warm modern homes and safe drinking water and electricity and with the government health and pension systems. “We are thankful for our family and community, and never want to take anything for granted,” Don added.
Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent
Don Harfield said 2020 is a very unique time in history for a senior to be alive with the COVID-19 pandemic and the very recent ability to communicate using personal computers on the internet. “As a baby boomer, my parents experienced the trauma and shortages of WWII. The threat and restrictions we are experiencing are only a small sample of what that generation had to endure. Having recently retired, we are using this time to give back to the community and help our children while we still have good health.
