Posted
on February 11, 2016
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in 1900, only 4% of Americans were age 65 or older. A century later,
in 2000, three times that many (12%) of Americans were age 65 or
older. Now it's up to 14%.
That
means that about one in every seven Americans are senior citizens.
Some
elderly people are “shut-ins” – people who can no longer drive,
who have difficulty walking or getting around, who basically stay in
their homes. Some disabled people, too, are largely homebound.
Whatever the reason, shut-ins can be lonely or depressed, and many of
them have difficulty getting groceries, cooking, and so forth.
It's
a grand idea to have a day to encourage people to identify people who
are shut-ins within their own community. Once identified, it would be
super grand if people would visit and perhaps bring a meal to each
shut-in.
Hopefully
the visits would not be just a once-a-year thing; once you find a
shut-in who needs help, it would be amazing to offer that help once
or twice a month. And shut-ins often treasure simple visits as much
or more than help with meals.
Meals on Wheels is one way to donate money and time to shut-ins.
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