Older Americans deserve our protection from coronavirus. They want to get back to their busy lives, too
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Older people always have enriched my world. They’ve lived through things I haven’t. They’ve come to understand things I still don’t.Understanding can take time, says Madonna Magee, 73, an actress and former longtime acting teacher who just recently — reminiscing alone in her North Hollywood apartment — grasped her own mother’s behavior whenever Magee and her four siblings got sick.
But after a recent bout of pneumonia, she stays inside to keep herself and others safe. She joins meditation and yoga and reiki sessions online. She sits on the balcony and imagines the whoosh of traffic as ocean waves, rolling in and out. She tries to face the moment bravely, at peace. Before the pandemic, though, he wouldn’t miss Tuesday trivia night at Sherman Oaks’ Robin Hood British Pub, where his team, the High Tops, regularly ranked high.
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