Tips for Celebrating Christmas in 2020
All Home Care Matters
Enriched Life Home Care Services
5.0 • 88 Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2020
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Episode 39 -
Need ideas for celebrating Christmas with seniors? A quarantine Christmas isn’t going to be easy – especially for the older adults in our lives. Still, there are ways to make the holiday meaningful for everyone – even while social distancing. In today’s episode, we’ll dive into ideas for the pandemic holiday – including gift ideas for quarantine, virtual activities, and safe, face-to-face fun. On this episode learn how you can make Christmas special for your elderly family members in 2020.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Home Care Matters, the show where we discuss all things home care, with discussions on important age-related matters and topics. |
| 0:08.2 | Brought to you by Enriched Life Home Care Services, the number one rated home care provider in Michigan by Top Rated Local. |
| 0:25.6 | Hello and welcome back to All Home Care Matters. |
| 0:31.1 | If this is your first time visiting us here at the show, we want to say thank you for taking time out to be with us today. |
| 0:34.3 | We appreciate how valuable everyone's time is. |
| 0:38.4 | And that's why we try and make each episode here at All Home Care Matters, something that will hopefully matter to you. |
| 0:40.9 | With Christmas right around the corner and COVID-19 continuing to super spread, many families |
| 0:45.7 | are wondering how or if they can celebrate the holiday with the seniors in their lives. |
| 0:50.9 | It's hard to imagine a Christmas spent apart from our loving parents or grandparents, |
| 0:55.0 | especially when they might be spending the day alone. |
| 0:58.0 | We could all use some holiday cheer after this difficult year, but unfortunately the risk likely outweighs the benefit of spending Christmas with our parents. |
| 1:06.0 | The harsh reality is that as of this episode, there are 17.3 million COVID-19 cases in the |
| 1:13.6 | United States, and that number is rapidly climbing. According to the CDC, adults between the |
| 1:19.6 | ages of 75 and 84 who contract the virus are eight times more likely to end up in the hospital, |
| 1:26.2 | and they are 220 times more likely to pass up in the hospital, and they are 220 times more likely to |
| 1:29.0 | pass away from the illness. These statistics are harrowing, so we need to do what we can to keep |
| 1:35.1 | our older loved ones safe. And this December, unless you're able to quarantine for a minimum |
| 1:39.7 | of 14 days, that means a long-distance Christmas celebration. Now, a long-distance Christmas might be tough, |
| 1:47.2 | but there are ways to fill the day with love and cheer. We want to make sure we can make the |
| 1:51.9 | holiday as meaningful as possible for our older loved ones. This is especially important if they'll be |
| 1:57.6 | in isolation. Today, we'll go over ways to make a socially distant |
| 2:01.9 | holiday special. Our parents and grandparents deserve a happy holiday this year, and believe it or not, |
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