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Updated December 31, 2020 5:17 p.m. EST By Liisa Ogburn Don’t get me wrong. There is a lot to be grateful for as we head into the holidays with two COVID vaccines now available in the US as of today. An estimated 175,000 doses will arrive in NC from Moderna this week and a second batch of vaccines (61,000) from Pfizer are being delivered, too. There is finally some soft light visible at the end of what has been a very, very long tunnel. Finally, many think, we can better protect our most vulnerable health care workers and seniors at least physically. But what about their mental health? Already before the pandemic, public health experts identified the loneliness epidemic as the number one public health crisis today among the elderly. The pandemic has only been exacerbated the situation. ....
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By Liisa Ogburn A dear friend called me this morning to tell me her opthalmologist had conveyed to her recently that, given her declining eyesight, it was no longer safe for her to drive. More than one physician has told me that telling a patient that they are no longer drive can sometimes feel more devastating than telling them that they have cancer. Cancer, after all, is treatable and possibly a temporary situation. Not driving is a permanent loss of independence. Not long ago, I had to convey this hard news to a client with declining cognition. You can imagine why I was promptly fired. (I was later rehired.) The thing is that I can imagine having the same response myself. ....