Category: seniors

Orange County City Offers Free COVID Testing for Seniors

Costa Mesa is helping seniors get tested for COVID-19 by providing convenient methods and locations. The city has partnered with Orange County Health Agency and 360 Clinic to offer free COVID-19 testing at the Costa Mesa Senior Center beginning Jan. 9. “This new testing and health kiosk at our senior center will allow those who live on the [west…


Teen Brings Happiness to Seniors With Handmade Bears

“Even one small bear can impact someone’s life in wonderful ways,” William Pugmire, 16, told The Epoch Times. He would know. Since March, Pugmire has personally given about 100 bears he made to senior citizens around his home city of Carlsbad, California. “They love them so much,” he said. “They have said it makes them…


Caring Angel Described as a Cross Between ‘Energizer Bunny, Martha Stewart, and Mother Teresa’

Many of our seniors require in-home care, and providing a comfortable and dignified environment can be an arduous responsibility that requires an immense amount of patience. It takes a particular type of person to care for someone who is in his or her later chapters of life. For years, Debbie Moorefield, 65, has taken on…


Torrance Teens Bring Holiday Cheer to Seniors

A pair of siblings in Torrance, California, turned a personal tragedy into a Christmastime blessing for local seniors. Karis Choi, 16, and her 15-year-old brother, Kyler, learned in June that their great-grandmother had died in a South Korean senior-care center. “We were devastated,” Karis told The Epoch Times. “My heart broke thinking of how isolated…