Mount Pleasant Magazine Documenting Covid-19

101 www.CoronavirusMag.com | www.ReadMPM.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com feature H ow has daily life changed for you? It’s a question many of our area’s seniors are asking one another these days, as stay-at- home regulations restrict most social activities to one’s immediate household and fear of the COVID-19 virus keeps many out of the few open businesses and other regular meeting places. Nowhere is the answer to this question clearer than at communities such as Wellmore of Daniel Island. Wellmore offers assisted living, Alzheimer’s and dementia care, skilled nursing and more. Their daily schedule normally includes numerous group activities and frequent off-site trips to enjoy concerts and to accommodate residents’ shopping needs. Those are all gone for now, in addition to visits from friends and family due to precautionary restrictions. The home’s buses and vans are idle these days. “The big thing now is our residents communicating with their friends and loved ones via Skype and similar internet services,” Executive Director Jeff Barber said. “Family is an important part of these residents’ lives and now more than ever being able to communicate with loved ones is important.” Under normal circumstances Wellmore offers a Surviving the Pandemic What it’s Like Being‘Of a Certain Age’ During the Pandemic BY BILL FARLEY