Please Pray For Senior Adults on Lockdown

Praying friends – I have to ask a favor.

If you haven’t already done so, please take a moment and say a prayer for our senior adults/young-at-hearts/and veterans who are confined to their rooms during this terrible virus.

They need interaction, we all do, but it’s especially hard on our senior adults right now.

I have talked with several friends who have seen this firsthand.

Imagine being confined to a small room during a lockdown and your only interaction is a masked individual wheeling in your food on a cart three times a day. 

What horrific picture does that paint?

Many seniors on lockdown are going downhill fast.

People need people.

Distancing Isn’t “Social” at All

Recently, my husband and I went to visit a dear couple in an assisted living facility whom we have known for several years. They are like a second set of parents to us.

We were all looking forward to that visit. Sadly, as soon as we got to their parking lot, they called and told us that their facility just went on lockdown and, effective immediately, no visitors allowed.

What a sad day it was. We had to get creative after that with FaceTime/video options, but that won’t cut it forever.

With the masks and the distancing (I refuse to call it “social”) – most interaction now is very difficult, and also discouraged.

Senior adults on lockdown – I couldn’t have even imagined this happening a year ago, nor would I want to.

I’m not really liking the year 2020, but we press on through these and future challenges to come.

Everyone I have talked to is experiencing a feeling of loss, but especially those who can’t get out at all.

How frustrating this is because it seems like there is no end in sight.

Sadly, there are some who would be fine with this mask requirement going on into next year.

Pray (please pray) for our senior adults.

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