COVID-19 challenges increase vulnerability of Hawaii’s seniors
Jo DeCarlo, 86, used to be an active senior — the kind who meets friends for lunch and frequents the Waikiki Community Center, where she started taking line-dancing classes 25 years ago.
But DeCarlo’s life changed dramatically in mid-March after her doctor ordered her to stay home because of the heightened threat the COVID-19 pandemic poses for seniors. Her social life was curtailed, and picking up supplies and food became more difficult, especially when many of the neighborhood shops around her started closing.
”I’ve gotten to the point that even if it’s a robocall, I’ll take it,” DeCarlo joked recently.
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