CINCINNATI — The pandemic left many seniors and elderly with disabilities stuck and feeling alone, but one program is hoping to change that.
Sometimes it’s the little things, like a conversation over crafts, that keep Tephra Fields going along with the seniors she spends her days helping.
“You get to see them putting together things and we get to keep them, they take pictures, it’s wonderful, it just makes me happy,” said Fields.
She runs the newly opened Lincoln Heights Adult Day Center, a place that helps keep seniors and elderly with disabilities staying active.
“Each week we’re doing something different. Each day we’re doing something different,” said Fields.
She has a whole list of things to do, something that she said has become that much more important since the pandemic.
“A lot of our seniors are without activities, they sit home alone,” said Fields.
That’s why she said there’s a growing need, and they have several rooms to help. From a relaxation room, game room, computer room to a workout room, Fields said there’s something in each room that for at least that day will take their mind off of worries or health problems they may have come in with. It’s something that helps them keep going, said Fields.
