80 year old dad and partner are in florida alone. How can we help?
March 17, 2020 9:19 AM Subscribe
I'm not close with my Dad for many reasons but he is living with his partner in florida and has not taken coronavirus on board that much, I think he belives this will last a month or 2. He's just watching whats happening and has written to his complex manager about how they'll help with groceries. She responded that people are relying on their family. He doesn't have any nearby. Beyond setting him up on Amazon Prime, is there anything else I MUST do? I am in germany.
I have 3 other siblings but they aren't near him and he hasn't cultivated his relationships that well. I don't mind helping this person but I am far away... my other thoughts were meals on wheels?
I have 3 other siblings but they aren't near him and he hasn't cultivated his relationships that well. I don't mind helping this person but I am far away... my other thoughts were meals on wheels?
Response by poster: Thanks Bunderful- Jacksonville!
posted by catspajammies at 9:34 AM on March 17, 2020
posted by catspajammies at 9:34 AM on March 17, 2020
wal-mart delivers groceries, I've used that for my mom, it's not available everywhere but worth checking out, they have all the groceries that are normally available in-store at the same price. Kind of a hassle to set up and fill up your cart, but they deliver to your door.
posted by skewed at 9:58 AM on March 17, 2020
posted by skewed at 9:58 AM on March 17, 2020
Florida Elder Affairs
ElderSource is the Area Agency On Aging, the clearinghouse for resources for seniors.
Beaches Council on Aging seems to offer primarily transportation
These are the places I'd start.
posted by theora55 at 10:00 AM on March 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
ElderSource is the Area Agency On Aging, the clearinghouse for resources for seniors.
Beaches Council on Aging seems to offer primarily transportation
These are the places I'd start.
posted by theora55 at 10:00 AM on March 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
Instacart might be helpful. Looks like people also use Grubhub and Eat24 in Jacksonville.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:10 AM on March 17, 2020
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:10 AM on March 17, 2020
Here's the Florida Health Department interactive COVID-19 dashboard. As of today at 11 a.m. EDT, 173 cases have been confirmed in Florida.
To make the case to your dad that this is something to take seriously, here's a good article, posted March 16 at 6 a.m., by News4Jax Digital Managing Editor Steve Patrick: "Zero to 149 in 2 weeks: Florida coronavirus cases soar":
Between March 1 and March 6, when the first six cases were identified and the first two deaths were reported,
To make the case to your dad that this is something to take seriously, here's a good article, posted March 16 at 6 a.m., by News4Jax Digital Managing Editor Steve Patrick: "Zero to 149 in 2 weeks: Florida coronavirus cases soar":
Between March 1 and March 6, when the first six cases were identified and the first two deaths were reported,
State health officials couched each successive announcement with information about those patients’ international travel. ...posted by virago at 10:36 AM on March 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
Fourteen days after that first announcement from the governor’s office, there are at least 149 people in the state diagnosed with COVID-19. ...
Two weeks from the first diagnosis in the state, five residents have died. ...
During the state’s second weekend dealing with the crisis (March 14 and March 15), health officials admitted that not all cases can be traced to travel or from association with someone who had. It’s called community spread. By March 15, more than half of the cases in Florida either have no known source or it remains under investigation.
I’m seeing lots of city or region-specific COVID groups pop up on Facebook—these often have links to resources (in my area, like this mutual aid form for Seattle) that might not be on the open web. You could try poking around in Facebook and seeing if there’s a Jacksonville COVID group and go from there.
And this article about why older people/parents are being so cavalier about this virus helped me approach my own with more empathy and understanding.
posted by stellaluna at 10:41 AM on March 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
And this article about why older people/parents are being so cavalier about this virus helped me approach my own with more empathy and understanding.
posted by stellaluna at 10:41 AM on March 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
I was just talking to my mom in Florida yesterday. Apparently Publix just rolled out grocery delivery too. All delivery services are overloaded, so it might be a good idea to set up a delivery now of shelf-stable items that would be helpful whenever they arrive.
posted by lunasol at 10:55 AM on March 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by lunasol at 10:55 AM on March 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
I sent you memail.
posted by hollygoheavy at 11:25 AM on March 17, 2020
posted by hollygoheavy at 11:25 AM on March 17, 2020
I lived in Jacksonville for a minute, two years back.
As noted above, Wal-mart and instacart both operate there. I routinely used Instacart to shop from Publix (a local grocery chain that has a large presence in Jacksonville), and that worked well for me. For prepared foods, Bite Squad had the best selection and prices, but GrubHub also had a few options.
PrimeNow ostensibly offers delivery from Whole Foods but in practice it seems to be permanently overloaded.
posted by whisk(e)y neat at 1:22 PM on March 17, 2020
As noted above, Wal-mart and instacart both operate there. I routinely used Instacart to shop from Publix (a local grocery chain that has a large presence in Jacksonville), and that worked well for me. For prepared foods, Bite Squad had the best selection and prices, but GrubHub also had a few options.
PrimeNow ostensibly offers delivery from Whole Foods but in practice it seems to be permanently overloaded.
posted by whisk(e)y neat at 1:22 PM on March 17, 2020
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posted by bunderful at 9:32 AM on March 17, 2020