{"id":16335,"date":"2020-06-26T07:48:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T11:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16335"},"modified":"2020-06-26T07:48:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T11:48:54","slug":"taking-a-trip-to-visit-grandparents-or-older-relatives-tips-to-reduce-the-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16335","title":{"rendered":"Taking A Trip To Visit Grandparents Or Older Relatives? Tips To Reduce The Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Allison Aubrey and Jane Greenhalgh for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>One of the hardest things during this pandemic \u2014 for kids and adult children \u2014 has been staying away from their parents and grandparents.<\/p>\n<p>People 65 years and older are at higher risk for getting a severe case of COVID-19, according to the\u00a0Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u00a0And about\u00a080% of deaths\u00a0in the U.S. from COVID-19 have been in people older than 65.<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s been especially important for older people to practice social distancing \u2014 even from family members \u2014 to reduce the risk of infection.\u00a0 Continue reading article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2020\/06\/24\/880962631\/taking-a-trip-to-visit-grandparents-or-older-relatives-tips-to-reduce-the-risk\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Allison Aubrey and Jane Greenhalgh for NPR) One of the hardest things during this pandemic \u2014 for kids and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16336,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16335\/revisions\/16336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}