Checking In On Your Aging Loved Ones

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🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The coronavirus makes things a lot lonelier, especially if you're older and separated from family and friends. In this episode, NPR's Denise Guerra talks with science editor Malaka Gharib about how to check in on older friends and relatives to make sure they're doing alright.

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0:00.0	Hey, Malika!
0:01.0	Hi Denise!
0:02.0	These are crazy times.
0:05.6	Are you working from home?
0:07.0	Yeah, working from home.
0:08.6	I got to bring my office chair with me, so that's been wonderful.
0:12.2	It's been quite a lonely time here.
0:15.0	I don't know about you.
0:16.2	Absolutely.
0:17.2	I totally miss my family.
0:18.7	I finally just broke and flew home to California this weekend.
0:23.3	Ooh.
0:24.0	I was like, I just need to see these people see how they're doing for myself.
0:28.2	Okay, I'm jealous.
0:29.5	Percival.
0:30.4	But I agree, you know, like with us stuck at home, I think about my parents in California,
0:35.9	too.
0:36.9	You know, I'm in DC and they're about 3,000 miles away.
0:41.2	They're hitting their 80s and they have pre-existing conditions.
0:45.0	And so when I call them, I'm always telling them how worried I am, but they, she would
0:49.4	away like, we're fine.
0:50.9	Stop worrying about us.
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