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My 71 year old mother with multiple health issues refuses to stay home. Even after I told her how serious this was to the point she was crying... still she will not stay at home.
Any advice?
What are the things she is trying to do? It might help to address her Why more than the What.7 -
A few have mentioned the current state of their exercise regimen. It's a distraction and can be good for mental (and physical of course) health.
Having gotten in the habit of a home bodyweight workout is coming in handy right now. I've jokingly called it a prison workout (bodyweight squats, push-ups, lunges, dumbbell rows, plank) but it really does allow you to get a good solid workout under almost any circumstances. Like the current ones in our world. If you're up to it of course.6 -
WOW!
Leave work Friday and come back to a whole different world Monday morning!
I work at the hospital, so no WFH for me, which is okay, because right now? I feel like I am sitting in the safest place in the county!
Friday afternoon they tightened the visitor restrictions system-wide for the second time last week. Shortly after I got home I learned about our county's first case (and as of this moment the only one).
The halls are basically empty, today. Usually they are bustling with staff and visitors. Zero patients lining the walls in the diagnostics areas.
No self-serve of any kind in the cafeteria, and silverware is sealed in plastic instead of in the dispensers. The ice and water dispensers are being manned by gloved employees. The dining area where I usually have lunch with friends was a ghost town. I ate at my desk.
Places like Radiology and our Information Desk have blue painter's tape on the floors six feet away from the nearest contact person behind the desk. Nobody should be stepping over those lines.
The entrance I use is now badge access only. We were, up until today, just pulling it open. Visitors are directed to the main entrance.
I went up to the vacant 7th floor, that we had been in the process of turning into observation rooms, and see walls going up around the nurse's station. Seems they are building isolation rooms.
I am happy and relieved to see our organization being so proactive about getting ahead of this!
One of the guys I work with told me his wife is packing her stuff (computer, files, etc) and will be working from home, effective tomorrow. This is at the county level, if I understand correctly.
It's definitely a different vibe here, today. Cheerful, but cautious. With one positive case, I think we are all just kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.14 -
They just sent out a news bulletin: They are encouraging working from home and flexibility for those needing to care for a child or elderly relative or who are quarantined and able to work. This includes adjusting start and stop times or working non-traditional hours, etc. For employees who must take time off and cannot work from home, especially the non-salaried employees, a new time code has been set up so that they will be paid - to qualify, they need to communicate with their supervisor and the company team established to monitor the virus situation to verify that all other options have been exhausted first.
The one that I am relieved to see is that if you are tested positive for COVID-19, the 7 day elimination period for sick leave where we are required to use vacation time is waived, and the company's short term disability policy kicks in on day 1. Considering how long an employee will be out due to this thing, that's a big help!10 -
Where I work in Florida, if you have the ability to work from home - then that is what they are requiring. In my building, that is basically just upper management and project managers. The rest of us are considered essential employees and have to show up to get the work done.5
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My 71 year old mother with multiple health issues refuses to stay home. Even after I told her how serious this was to the point she was crying... still she will not stay at home.
Any advice?
She’s a grownup.
I can’t say why she’s going out, but I am a stay-at-home 70 year old. When I get lonely, I get depressed. I know there will come a time when I’d rather take a chance then get any more depressed.
Try things to lift her spirits. E- mail her jokes. Think of a funny story to tell her before you call. Can you FaceTime her? Or something similar? Get her interested in Facebook? Words with friends? Books on tape? Or whatever it’s called now. Anyway, interaction with people from home.
Suggest she organize a phone chain for her single friends?
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I work at a bank. In normal times, regulations require us to remain open and service clients. The Texas Department of Banking sent out a notice that for TX-chartered banks, that regulation is suspended. Now, I don't believe for a second that my bank would actually close it's doors entirely. However, I do think we could get to a place where we close our branches and only leave our HQ open with a skeleton crew and everyone else working from home.
Things are quite... tense here though. Trying to set up a situation where the majority of our workers can work from home is a feat in itself. We recently switched to a virtual environment, which makes it much easier to work remotely, but the logistics of that when we only have a certain number of laptops available is interesting. I'm in the IT department (information security), and our staff is being inundated with people wanting to know how they can work from home if they need to and how their phones can get routed. I'm glad to say that our management has been extraordinary in their communications. I'm sad to say that not all of management is taking the situation as seriously as they should (and some are being panicky...).
We now have 4 cases in San Antonio, all travel-related, but one of the cases is a doctor, and he and a dozen other medical staff are now in quarantine for 14 days. It's only a matter of time before we have a community spread case identified (I'm sure we have them already, just untested).6 -
I never thought I would see NYC like this...
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I see a ridiculous amount of posts on fitness sites about people angry about not being able to swap sweat at the gym temporarily. Where is the disconnect from reality at this point?? Defiance of social distancing is not some admirable display of rebellion, it is sad and selfish.30
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Bry_Fitness70 wrote: »I see a ridiculous amount of posts on fitness sites about people angry about not being able to swap sweat at the gym temporarily. Where is the disconnect from reality at this point?? Defiance of social distancing is not some admirable display of rebellion, it is sad and selfish.
Governor of KY had to place a police officer at the door of someone that refused to self-quarantine.11 -
MikePfirrman wrote: »Bry_Fitness70 wrote: »I see a ridiculous amount of posts on fitness sites about people angry about not being able to swap sweat at the gym temporarily. Where is the disconnect from reality at this point?? Defiance of social distancing is not some admirable display of rebellion, it is sad and selfish.
Governor of KY had to place a police officer at the door of someone that refused to self-quarantine.
Good! Afraid there aren’t enough police officers to go around.
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@Chef_Barbell Whoa. That's eerie.3
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MikePfirrman wrote: »Potential great news but it's too early to tell if this will work. I'm hearing of rapid potential treatments, not vaccines. One is the one Snowflake mentioned around a week ago -- the RA drug which slows the progression in the lungs. This other one, which slows the replication of the virus, might show a lot more promise. It was developed for Ebola.
https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/coronavirus-remdesivir-gilead-antiviral-drug-covid-19/573261/
There's also another strategy I've heard of as well. They take the antibodies from those that have had it and recovered and administer them to people that haven't had it yet. That would be a longer term play, though.
It's not they won't find a vaccine, I think they will, but these are strategies meant to minimize deaths until we find a vaccine. World wide, pharmaceutical companies are working hard to find solutions.
The RA drug is hydroxychloroquine, otherwise known as Plaquenil. I've been on it since 2004. The data coming out of China and S Korea as far as the impact of the drug on COVID-19 is very encouraging, both as a treatment to lessen severity, and as prophylactic. They really need to speed up the evaluatory process of that one. Hydroxychloroquine is generic, cheap, and widely/easily available - a paradigm shift from the whole "18 months to develop a vaccine" mantra, although it is not a vaccine.
The notion that something good might come from having the disease process that led to being on the drug all these years is so twistedly ironic and bizarre I can't even describe it. I've got family members hounding me for a handful or two of those things.8 -
kshama2001 wrote: »If it is a nice day where you are can I encourage you all to get outside even if just to your yard or local park. I am not sure and the evidence is not in for covid-19 but Vitamin D in normal get some sun every day levels been shown to help immune system fight off other viruses. Also a bit of fresh air and exercise helps with anxiety, depression. So yeah get outside if at all possible at least 20 minutes a day.
I think there's a link to how gardening is good for the immune system somewhere in the gardening thread: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10708195/garden-thread
unfortunately it's been cold and rainy for the last week here
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corinasue1143 wrote: »My 71 year old mother with multiple health issues refuses to stay home. Even after I told her how serious this was to the point she was crying... still she will not stay at home.
Any advice?
She’s a grownup.
I can’t say why she’s going out, but I am a stay-at-home 70 year old. When I get lonely, I get depressed. I know there will come a time when I’d rather take a chance then get any more depressed.
Try things to lift her spirits. E- mail her jokes. Think of a funny story to tell her before you call. Can you FaceTime her? Or something similar? Get her interested in Facebook? Words with friends? Books on tape? Or whatever it’s called now. Anyway, interaction with people from home.
Suggest she organize a phone chain for her single friends?
I understand she is an adult and can make her own decisions. She is married, but my dad is in the hospital with Flu and pneumonia.... She was going out today to get milk and take her taxes to be prepared. Her sister lives next door - so she has a companion. She reads books, but does not use any electronic device.
I must take this day by day for my sanity.9 -
@Chef_Barbell Whoa. That's eerie.
I completely agree. Looks more like an apocalypse story than real life.2 -
Moderna trial has begun with volunteers to take the COVID-19 trial vaccine.3
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Bry_Fitness70 wrote: »I see a ridiculous amount of posts on fitness sites about people angry about not being able to swap sweat at the gym temporarily. Where is the disconnect from reality at this point?? Defiance of social distancing is not some admirable display of rebellion, it is sad and selfish.
Yep. Got word today that the gyms I belong to are closed through the end of the month... Stressful? Yes. Necessary? Also yes.11 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »I never thought I would see NYC like this...
I half expected to see Charlton Heston strolling down the street in that pic.6 -
Not too much additional happening here in SE Wisconsin. The state is up to 33 confirmed cases now and schools closed as of today. Places that have the order online/pick up at store have notices stating that fulfilling orders is taking much longer because the number of orders is much higher and that "stock is low for some items".
Personally, not much has changed for me. I am in regular contact with one neighbor who's husband is in a very high risk group so both are self-isolating. I told her to please let me know if she needs me to run any errands. Other neighbors have kids at home but they are old enough to be home without parents. I told them to send the girls over here if they get too bored. We can play board games and the cats are always entertaining. Both parents are doing some work at home.4 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »I never thought I would see NYC like this...
@Chef_Barbell what street is this? Want to compare to a before pic1 -
Nice thing--in Rome our taxi drivers have been out of work for 2 weeks (no tourists and people staying home). On the news it just said that they are volunteering to transport doctors and nurses back and forth from work for free. Love you guys!
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Woolworths grocery stores here in Australia are dedicating one hour from 7-8 am for elderly and carers etc to shop.
Also meals on wheels ( a service that provides food to the elderly at home) are including some tp with their delivery.12 -
A few have mentioned the current state of their exercise regimen. It's a distraction and can be good for mental (and physical of course) health.
Having gotten in the habit of a home bodyweight workout is coming in handy right now. I've jokingly called it a prison workout (bodyweight squats, push-ups, lunges, dumbbell rows, plank) but it really does allow you to get a good solid workout under almost any circumstances. Like the current ones in our world. If you're up to it of course.
My gym is one of the few still open and according to the guy I talked to they don't plan on closing. I went crazy with Clorox wipes there the other day and would love to go but am thinking of the big picture and staying home. I've done videos on the app Fit On and my gym has an app but prefer using my laptop so I'm finding videos on You Tube and setting up a plan for today. I don't have the heavier weights I'd need but will make do. I usually do planks, side planks, sit ups, and other body weight exercises and have a built a lot of strength the last few months doing those. I think the hardest part is deciding on just a couple to do as there's such a huge variety to chose from.2 -
kshama2001 wrote: »If it is a nice day where you are can I encourage you all to get outside even if just to your yard or local park. I am not sure and the evidence is not in for covid-19 but Vitamin D in normal get some sun every day levels been shown to help immune system fight off other viruses. Also a bit of fresh air and exercise helps with anxiety, depression. So yeah get outside if at all possible at least 20 minutes a day.
I think there's a link to how gardening is good for the immune system somewhere in the gardening thread: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10708195/garden-thread
unfortunately it's been cold and rainy for the last week here
It's raining here too, I put some seedlings out when it was upper 70s and they were hammered by hail, didn't even think of them with all that's going on. It would otherwise be a great time to garden and go for a walk.2 -
pancakerunner wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »I never thought I would see NYC like this...
@Chef_Barbell what street is this? Want to compare to a before pic
This is 42nd St, between 7th and 8th aves... 8ish am weekday morning.
I found a stock photo of the area typically:
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This is a Google street view of that NYC street (edit: from June 2019):
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ITA with some folks who are saying that the gym enthusist or people who want to go to the gym should think of others-IF the gyms are closedit is for a good reason- there is youtube videos, there is old fashion walking- there is also- body weight exercises etc- THIS is the time to pull together notpull apart!9
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ITA with some folks who are saying that the gym enthusist or people who want to go to the gym should think of others-IF the gyms are closedit is for a good reason- there is youtube videos, there is old fashion walking- there is also- body weight exercises etc- THIS is the time to pull together notpull apart!
Welp... the gyms I belong to closed today. Was planning on using my apartment's... just got an email that they are closing that too. So looks like I'll be running outside and doing body weight stuff. yikes9 -
corinasue1143 wrote: »My 71 year old mother with multiple health issues refuses to stay home. Even after I told her how serious this was to the point she was crying... still she will not stay at home.
Any advice?
She’s a grownup.
I can’t say why she’s going out, but I am a stay-at-home 70 year old. When I get lonely, I get depressed. I know there will come a time when I’d rather take a chance then get any more depressed.
Try things to lift her spirits. E- mail her jokes. Think of a funny story to tell her before you call. Can you FaceTime her? Or something similar? Get her interested in Facebook? Words with friends? Books on tape? Or whatever it’s called now. Anyway, interaction with people from home.
Suggest she organize a phone chain for her single friends?
I understand she is an adult and can make her own decisions. She is married, but my dad is in the hospital with Flu and pneumonia.... She was going out today to get milk and take her taxes to be prepared. Her sister lives next door - so she has a companion. She reads books, but does not use any electronic device.
I must take this day by day for my sanity.
I hear ya! My mom is 82 and I've only recently been able to talk her out of cleaning gutters. She decided to stop going to the gym on her own.
Her library has staff available on Tuesdays to help with reading devices like Kindles which has been wonderful because guess who does tech support normally?
(That was a general comment, not a corona virus related suggestion.)
Best wishes for your parents.11
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