Experts urge people to check in on seniors amid heat wave NBC Connecticut [Video]

Another day of extreme heat has experts warning people to check in on seniors in their community.

Dr. Cynthia Price from Hartford Hospital said hot weather can impact those most vulnerable, like children and seniors, more than others.

“[Their] bodies just aren’t great at staying at the center point like they used to be, and so it’s cold outside, [they] get colder if it’s hot outside, [they] get hotter,” Dr. Price said. “When you become a little bit more senior status and that ability to auto-regulate kind of goes down a little bit, the ability for your body to figure out what temperature you should be at, you need to do your best to stay safe.”

She encouraged people to check in on their neighbors during these hot weather events.

“It’s one of the things I think we forget. We should be checking on our neighbors. Those that come outside or those that we might help [with …