Patients in long-term care facilities have experienced a heartbreaking level of isolation over the last 10 months.
Many of them have only "seen" family and friends through windows or using technology like Facetime.
Annalea Avery, the Foundation Experience Director for Cody Regional Health in Cody, Wyoming recently found a way to offer her residents a chance to hold hands and even embrace loved ones.
According to this article, she was inspired by her own experiences traveling across the US to visit a relative.
Upon her return home, she turned her idea into a reality, and the result is beautiful to see.
"Hugging Booth" allows WY long-term care residents a warm embrace with loved ones
A new tool at Cody Regional Healthâs long-term care center is changing how residents interact with something called a hugging booth.
A new tool at Cody Regional Healthâs long-term care center is changing how residents interact with something called a hugging booth.
By: Andrea Lutz
and last updated 2021-01-18 17:39:29-05
CODY, WY â Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the world seemed to change as we know it and regulations tightened for safety, some of our communityâs most vulnerable have probably made some of the biggest sacrifices.
"Hugging Booth" allows Cody long-term care residents a warm embrace with loved ones
A new tool at Cody Regional Healthâs long-term care center is changing how residents interact with something called a hugging booth.
By: Andrea Lutz
and last updated 2021-01-18 16:12:59-05
CODY, Wyo. â Since the start of the pandemic, when the world seemed to change as we know it and regulations tightened for safety, some of our communityâs most vulnerable have probably made some of the biggest sacrifices.
But a new tool at Cody Regional Healthâs long-term care center is changing how residents interact with something called a hugging booth.
CODY, Wyoming (KTVQ) — Since the start of the pandemic, when the world seemed to change as we know it and regulations tightened for safety, some of our community’s most vulnerable have probably made some of the biggest sacrifices.
But a new tool at Cody Regional Health’s long-term care center is changing how residents interact with something called a hugging booth.
“You don’t know how long it’s been,” said Cody resident Chuck Morton.
residents interact with something called a hugging booth.
Photo by: Paul Humphrey/MTN News
Poster image.jpg By: Andrea LutzPosted at 8:27 AM, Jan 18, 2021 and last updated 12:58 PM, Jan 18, 2021