The coronavirus pandemic seems to stay for a longer period of time. While it is obvious that elderly people and senior citizens have to stay at home in order to stay away from the coronavirus thing, but there is another side of the coin too.
The more one stays at home with less interaction with the nature or outside world, the more one develops feelings of loneliness, negativity, anxiety, and stress. Especially in elderly people, it can be noticed a lot as they have limited activities to carry out at home due to their old age issues.
Hence, taking your grandmother or grandfather for a morning or evening walk once every week around your locality can help them understand how the outside world is changing for the good. Also, you can encourage them to look at the positive side by helping them interact with small kids in your area or in your family so that they feel more loved and good from within.
This will ease their physical pain if any and also help them enjoy life in a better way. By the way, things are not that bad in the outside world during the pandemic situation as it is being shown in the media.
By Sahana Iyer
