After many months into the pandemic, a new grant is a much-needed boost for many Virginia nursing homes, where residents have spent months confined amid often-deadly outbreaks. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, social isolation and loneliness were a daily...
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Dealing with emotions, especially grief, is a difficult topic and one that many want to avoid. Yet we want to be able to help support those around us who are going through difficult emotions. These last many months have...
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. — Mother Teresa The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently proposed peer support as a crucial intervention to address loneliness and improve the health of older people...
Amy Layman, Director of Community Life at Oak Grove Health Care Center, a Consulate Health Care center in North Carolina, recently implemented the Java Music Club. The Java Music program is part of the Java Project, which consists of...