We are at our strongest when we have the ability to experience whatever feelings are passing through—the ones we like and the ones we don’t. We find our deepest confidence when we know that feelings come and go and...
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Pine Meadow Nursing Home in Northbrook, Ontario was awarded a New Horizons for Seniors grant for the Java Project. The Java Project is an evidence-based peer support and mentoring program designed to reduce loneliness and social isolation. The Java...
Canadian Journal on Aging 2022 Social isolation and loneliness in long-term care settings are a growing concern. Drawing on concepts of social citizenship, a peer mentoring program was developed in which resident mentors and volunteers formed a team, met...
A new article published in the Canadian Journal on Aging highlights a unique approach to addressing loneliness in long-term care. Social isolation and loneliness in long-term care settings are a growing concern. Drawing on concepts of social citizenship, a...
Many are celebrating this important day. But if you are feeling emotionally exhausted, you are not alone. These past two years have been hard on everyone and happiness seems to be in short supply. Why is it so hard...
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...
New research published this past week in the Journal of Aging & Mental Health examines the Java Mentorship program as an innovative approach to an ongoing problem of loneliness in long-term care.1 The presence of uncertainty surrounding the spread...
“Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety; after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.” – Ali Ibn Abi Talib It’s 3:00 am. I wake up and immediately get a hit...