Tips for Older Adults to Regain Their Game After Being Cooped Up for More Than a Year

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News)

Alice Herb, 88, an intrepid New Yorker, is used to walking miles around Manhattan. But after this year of being shut inside, trying to avoid covid-19, she’s noticed a big difference in how she feels.

“Physically, I’m out of shape,” she told me. “The other day I took the subway for the first time, and I was out of breath climbing two flights of stairs to the street. That’s just not me.”  Continue reading the article here…

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