# ways to help the elderly **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 22, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-help-the-elderly/850059 "2020-03-22T23:25:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-help-the-elderly/850059/1 "2020-03-22T23:25:33Z")
As we have over a hundred threads I am not sure if this has been posted already. This is NYC centric. We all know that the older people are the most vulnerable to this virus. I read this heartbreaking story of a couple in their 80s, who were in a parking lot at a grocery store but were afraid to go in. They were asking people to help, and after about an hour they found someone who did help. They gave this person $100 to go in and buy their groceries. But it took an hour for them to find this Good Samaritan. There are ways we can help. From the link -\* If you want to know what you can do to help, from donating funds to physically volunteering, we’ve rounded up a tidy list of amazing organizations that are rallying to ensure food, aid, and medical supplies are delivered to those who are in need while alone during this outbreak.\* > **[How you can help elderly people in NYC right away amid the coronavirus outbreak](https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/how-you-can-help-elderly-people-in-nyc-right-away-amid-the-coronavirus-outbreak-031820)** > > By now, you’ve probably witnessed (first-hand or via social media) supermarkets emptied of goods—including toilet paper dairy items and meat—due to folks stockp ---
**Author:** ![Vesicant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/43a26b/32.png) [@Vesicant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vesicant)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-help-the-elderly/850059/2 "2020-03-22T23:38:31Z")
The primary thing anybody can do for us elderly (I’m 70) is stop panic buying and give the supply chain a chance to catch up. Sure, special senior hours at the supermarket sound fine, but there were 200 yards of us lined up at 7:00 a.m. for our chance to buy one of the three rolls of TP left in the state. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-help-the-elderly/850059/3 "2020-03-22T23:57:43Z")
> [@Vesicant](#): > > The primary thing anybody can do for us elderly (I’m 70) is stop panic buying and give the supply chain a chance to catch up. Sure, special senior hours at the supermarket sound fine, but there were 200 yards of us lined up at 7:00 a.m. for our chance to buy one of the three rolls of TP left in the state. Right. I did my small part at the 7-11 buying a pack of 50 napkins instead of toilet paper. They didn’t have any, but I did not try to go elsewhere or online to find it. ---
**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-help-the-elderly/850059/4 "2020-03-23T06:38:39Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Right. I did my small part at the 7-11 buying a pack of 50 napkins instead of toilet paper. They didn’t have any, but I did not try to go elsewhere or online to find it. Interestingly enough there was a article in the NY Times where plumbers all over are busy fixing clogged drags and septic tanks, because apparently anything but actual toilet paper isn’t supposed to be flushed