I spent my four hour shift at Neighbor Ride today mostly contacting clients and drivers to tell them rides had been canceled and taking calls from clients who were told by doctors not to come in to offices.
Word came out about two hours into my stint that the county executive had ordered the library to close for two weeks and senior centers to close for 45 days. That meant more calls to be made canceling rides that had been put into the system for the month.
A decision was made by the Neighbor Ride director in consultation with Office of Aging to limit rides for next two weeks to medical requests and then only those that had been requested as of today at 2 pm. When I go in next Friday it will be to answer the phones and tell clients we can't take their requests.
Once I got home here to Vantage Point new restrictions have been placed on guests here:
No guests allowed in common areas. So that means even the coffee machines are off limits.
No children under 14 allowed in the community at all.
Personal aides coming from outside contractors have to report to Wellness Center for health screening. Common areas are off limits for them unless with a resident.
I read this op ed today that says to really slow the spread of this virus so that medical facilities can keep up we all need to stay put as much as we can.
Wow! Our world is shutting down.
