Hope everyone is doing well!
Did you have a nice weekend?
COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the elder and their facilities.
Do you have grandparents? Are you close with them?
How do you see them during this pandemic?
What do you think of the way elders have been treated during this pandemic?
Explain.
I do have grandparents on both sets of parents except for my grandmother on my dad side. My moms parents are very cautious and don't go outside often. Unlike them my grandpa in England doesn't think that this is a big deal and decided to go to South Africa to take advantage of this. He went a week after our spring break when it started to be really bad. He ended up having to cut his trip short, which he wasn't too happy about. I am much closer with my grandparents that live in Montreal because i see them almost everyday and because they also live much closer. I do still talk talk to my grandpa but its much harder because he lives miles away but once a year i o go see him and my other family. I usually see them by facetime. I do think there are two types of elderly in this quarantine because i see some of them talking to people and not really respecting the rules while others are afraid to come out of there house. I can easily see this in my two grandparents.
ReplyDeleteMy grandparents live far away too, great blog.
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ReplyDeleteYes, I have both my grandparents on both sides. My mom's side lives in Ireland so we only get to see them twice a year and we connect regularly on face time to keep in touch. I'm close with my mom's side but it's hard because we only see them a few times a year but at least we have ways to see each other through the internet. On my dad's side both of my grandparents live here but right now my grandma is in Egypt and my grandpa is in Montreal. At least once a week we take a walk to his house to go say hi, six feet away of course and we talk to my grandma in Egypt through face time as well.
ReplyDeletei agree with you, great blog!
DeleteI have both my grandma and grandpa on my moms side,but on my dads I only have my grandma, sadly. yes, i am very close with my grandparents and not seeing them has been very hard on me and my family. During this pandemic, I am seeing them through factime ofcourse. But i go visit my grandparents on my moms side every weekend to drop them off stuff and to just see them, while respecting social distancing. they live in dollard so its close by. On the other hand my grandma on my dads side is living in brossard and we havent seen her since before march break, until yesterday because we went to drive by her house and talk to her through our car for a bit.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been able to visit my grandparents as often as well. Great blog!
DeleteI have both my grandparents on my dad's side, and I have a grandma on my mom's side. I'm close with them, and it has been difficult not seeing them. During this pandemic, I call my grandparents on both sides and I also call my great grandmother. She doesn't speak much English and sometimes it is hard to talk to her because I'm not fluent in Greek like she is. Yesterday I visited her from far and she was really happy to see my family. My grandmother on my mom's side dropped off a huge basket of cookies and chocolate for my sister and I for Easter. I surprised my grandma on my dad's side by passing by her house and she was so happy that she teared up.
ReplyDeleteI had a good weekend, playing outside and on my phone and video games. I have both my grandparents on my mom and dad's side. Recently I had a zoom call with my dad's family and I got to speak with everyone. I haven seen my mom's parents not long ago, as we had to go pick up something. My dads, grandparents cannot leave their home as they live in a residential place. I feel bad for the elders as they cannot do much during this pandamic.
ReplyDeleteI had a great weekend, I had my online ballet training, and we relaxed and went outside. I have a very close relationship with all my grandparents, my mom's mother lives in Florida, and we've been calling and texting her, and my dad's parents live here, my dad has been bringing them food and groceries to avoid them having to leave the house, we also skype them. It's really not ideal for them because elders are much more at risk so they should be at home all the time, which can get boring and long but hopefully this will all be over soon and we can get to spending time with them again.
ReplyDeleteWe've been doing their groceries too. Great blog!
DeleteI had a weekend that was more of the same of what we have been doing this whole pandemic. It was still a great weekend though. My grandparents on my dad's side recently moved here into a home so they could be closer to us. We stay in touch with them by FaceTime everyday. They aren't allowed outside of their apartement unless it is for groceries, but my family does their groceries for them.
ReplyDeleteI've been doing the same. Great Blog!
DeleteSadly both of my grandpas past away but I still have both of my grandmas and their both really healthy right now. I am really close with my grandmas a lot and I see them like twice a week but sadly I can't see them anymore. What I usually do now because of this pandemic is that me and my family go to drive to their houses and than they come on their decks and we stay in the car and we talk to them and bring groceries for them and we leave at the front door and knock and than leave. I think elders in care homes like the care home in Dorval where they were treating the elderly not too good but I think for the rest that they are getting treated well if they have a family that acres for them and are willing to do stuff for them because they can't go out.
ReplyDeleteI agree, good blog
DeleteI do have grandparents still and we are very close, some of them have had a bigger punch in the face from Covid-19 than others, but so far they're staying strong and getting through it. We taught my grandparents how to use whatsapp so we can facetime them during the pandemic, or we will drive by there house and say hi from our car. I think that elders are being treated well, but also not so well at the same time, like the homes for the elderly that were abandoned by the workers, but other than that, I think the proper measures are being taken.
ReplyDeleteI also think that proper measures are being taken.
DeleteI have grandparents that im still very close with. Usually, I tried to visit my grandmother at least twice a week. During the pandemic, I haven't visited her to avoid getting anybody sick. I call my grandparents as often as possible to make sure they're alright. I feel bad for elders and their family. Recently, one of my cousins grandfather passed due to the virus. It's very sad because they couldn't say goodbye or have a funeral for them.
ReplyDeleteI also feel bad for elders. Great blog!
DeleteI had a pretty boring weekend like usual, but at least I got to spend time with my family. Sadly, I don't have any grandparents on my father's side, but I do have one grandmother on my mother's side. I am very close with my grandmother and it sucks that I can't see her during this pandemic. It is best for my family and I not to visit her only because we don't want her catching the virus. I really do feel bad for elders during this crisis.
ReplyDeleteIt sucks that we can't see them during this whole thing. Great blog!
DeleteGood blog
Deletei feel bad for the elders too. good blog
DeleteTo be honest I had an okay weekend. It wasn't the best because of all this quarantine stuff. Luckily, I have grandparents on both sides and I'm usually closer with the ones on my dads side because I can text or call them since they have a phone. I see my grandparents by biking to their house (while keeping a distance) and I call/face time them to see how they're doing. I genuinely feel bad for the elders because some have no idea what is going on and to make things worse, they can't see their families.
ReplyDeletei hate quarantine too. Great blog!
DeleteI had a very relaxing weekend. I slept a lot and ate lots of snacks. I do have grandparents. I only have three, two on my moms side and only one on my dad's side. Im very close to all my grandparents. I live very close to my moms side so I get to see them very often but on my dads side he lives in ndg so we dont see him as much. During this pandemic my moms parents are probably gardening but on my dads side hes probably just relaxing.
ReplyDeleteThat's great, awesome blog!
DeleteI had a great weekend because I made churros and they tasted really good. Fortunately, I have 7 grandparents because my moms parents both remarried and I have a great-grandmother who is still alive. I am not very close to them because they all live in New-Brunswick, but we still have a great relationship. I facetime them a lot to see how they-re doing and say hi. As sad as it is that they must stay inside and not have any contact outside, I think it is very necessary; especially for my grandfather on my dad’s side. He was a firefighter and now has really bad problems breathing, as well as other illnesses, so he must stay inside and my grandmother has to be careful around him.
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DeleteMy weekend was fine, I do have grandparents but I'm not that close with them. I don't see them during the pandemic because it could be dangerous if I was in contact with a carrier of the virus. I don't see a problem on how the elderly have been treated during this pandemic, I just think they should stay inside to not catch the virus and die.
ReplyDeleteMy weekend was great, I do have a grandmother and we're kinda close I guess. So far I've seen her twice during the pandemic, once because my parents were bringing over some food to her house because she couldn't go outside and the other because she just wanted to come over to m house and chat because she was feeling lonely.
ReplyDeleteI think mine feel lonely too. Great Blog!
DeleteMy weekend was good, currently, I have two grandparents one on my dad's side and one on my moms.I'm not really that close with them but when my moms calling her dad I sometimes say a few words to my grandpa. Just making sure he's staying safe, and the same thing with my grandma on my dad's side. My family tries to stay away from our grandparents because we want them safe. Since they both are in quarantine alone I fell bad for them because that can get lonely and sometimes depressing.
ReplyDeleteMy weekend was good. I do have grandparents and i am pretty close to them except i haven't seen them in a few years because they live in india and i haven't been to india since 3 years. Although we do facetime sometimes even before this pandemic happened and I still talk to them once in a while. I don't think that elders are treated well during this pandemic because in some of the care homes, the people helping them have stopped so the elders are not getting any help. On the other hand, there are a few people still working hard to take care of elders during these hard times.
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