One in ten long term care facilities in the US currently have coronavirus cases. How can you find out if your spouse or loved one is living in one?  To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/ask-aging-well-what-north-carolina-nursing-homes-have-cases-of-coronavirus/19065087/

One in ten long term care facilities in the US currently have coronavirus cases. How can you find out if your spouse or loved one is living in one?  To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/ask-aging-well-what-north-carolina-nursing-homes-have-cases-of-coronavirus/19065087/

From masks and gloves to senior hours and new executive orders, here is what you need to know to shop safely, particularly if you are a senior.  To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/the-abc-s-of-grocery-shopping-for-seniors-during-a-pandemic/19063662/

Physician/writer William Carlos Williams once wrote, "It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there." In the quiet of quarantine, can we cultivate the ear to find ourselves in poetry?  To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/what-can-we-learn-from-poets-and-writers-during-the-pandemic/19062492/

It's Easter and a time of new beginnings, a time to metaphorically clean house.  To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/small-awakenings-to-our-best-selves-during-the-worst-of-times/19053021/

Zoom is an application which allows individuals or groups to have conversations online. In this era of social distancing, it is a tool being used by universities, schools, churches, book clubs, families and others to stay in touch.  To read full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/how-to-zoom/19046328/

Our dad, who is 80 and takes care of mom with Alzheimers, was just admitted to the hospital with coronavirus. What should we do?  To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/dad-was-just-hospitalized-mom-is-home-with-alzheimers/19044066/

If the number one reason seniors leave home, risking exposure to the coronavirus is grocery shopping, it is helpful that these national chains now offer seniors-only shopping hours. NOTE: This list changes so call your local store ahead of time to confirm.  To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/expanded-list-of-grocery-stores-with-seniors-only-shopping-hours/19043143/

Before the coronavirus, already as much as 12% of North Carolina residents over the age of 60, suffered from hunger. No doubt that number will climb higher. Here are local sources of free food for the elderly.  To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/sources-of-free-food-for-seniors/19036915/

There is nothing like sickness and death to help frame what is a worthwhile way to spend a day, or even a life.  To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/pandemic-changing-our-lives-as-we-wait-for-the-after/19037775/