13 Apr For Seniors, a Silver Lining: “The FaceTime is really quite unbelievable to me”
Posted at 15:26h
in Press
Washington Post
For Kimmelstiel and many other seniors, one of the unexpected silver linings of covid-19 has been discovering the untapped joy of video calling, especially at a time when in-person interaction is strictly off-limits. In fact, Kimmelstiel says she’s communicating with her family much more frequently than she did before the pandemic.
The novelty of video calling wore off long ago for most people across the country, but for this group of seniors, isolating in their New York retirement community, it’s a small miracle.