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#197279 - 01/07/10 07:37 PM
Re: Bitter Cold and the Elderly
[Re: Dotsie]
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Living in a place where it starts snowing at the end of November and doesn't stop until mid-April, I can tell you that the elderly in our neighbourhood pretty much go into hibernation all winter. No matter how hard we try to keep the walks clean, it's impossible. We grow up with it, so learn how to move around in it, even with canes, crutches and walkers. But it's not pleasant. Even going for a daily walk is a frustrating exercise, because by the time we put on enough layers to keep us warm, we can hardly move and we weigh almost double what we normally do. LOL. Once we're all layered up and warm enough, it IS nice to be outside on a sunny winter day (gotta wear sunglasses though to avoid snow blindness), but it can be really hard to get around even with the best of boots.
We have elderly folks in our neighbourhood, we just don't see them outside for most of the winter months. We often make extra portions of our meals, homemade soups, etc and send them over. And hubby goes over to visit every 2 or 3 days. But you can always tell that spring's here when everyone starts poking their heads out the door again!
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#197327 - 01/08/10 02:06 PM
Re: Bitter Cold and the Elderly
[Re: Dotsie]
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I don't know if you got the email from Chatty with the snow pictures from Quebec City? Well, that's REAL! We're not quite as bad as that, but that's really how it is there (about 3 hours away) and where a lot of my hubby's relatives live. My SIL lives in Quebec City and can't use her front door for most of the winter because the snow is too high to shovel through. Here, we get more ice and jagged icy slush, but by mid-Feb, the snowbanks can get 5 feet high. There have been years when it's been up to the roof of our garden shed and we have to dig a tunnel-path through the backyard to get the garbage out to the street. That's why we go south every winter, so we can get outside without so much hassle and having to wear triple our weight in clothing.
Edited by Eagle Heart (01/08/10 02:08 PM)
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