Seniors in Oxford Make Face Masks Specifically Designed for Their Peers

The Oxford Senior Center Quilting group in Connecticut is fashioning innovative face masks specifically for the senior adult population, reports WTNH News 8 . June Maciolek, 77, says she was inspired to create the masks by a YouTube video. "Masks for seniors are a little different because, if you have a hearing aid, you can't wear the plastic around your ears, it doesn't work, they pop out," she notes. Maciolek's design boasts a comfortable jewelry cord that goes around the back of the head, as well as a pocket for an N-95 or vacuum filter. Assistants wash and iron material while an employee of the Oxford Senior Center delivers the masks to the community. "It gives me purpose and I've heard some nice things from the seniors. They're very pleased with the masks and they find them comfortable," Maciolek says.