Amid the coronavirus pandemic, calls to domestic violence hotlines are more complex and more frightening: Coping Through COVID
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Feb 04, 2021
A survivor of domestic violence is seen at a safe house in Nevada County, Calif. in this 2010 file photo. Half of Ohio s domestic violence shelters reported an increase in requests for service in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Ohio Domestic Violence Network. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)ASSOCIATED PRESS
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The calls to Ohio’s domestic violence hotlines have changed dramatically since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Survivors are spending more time on the line, describing issues that are complicated by isolation and logistical matters related to COVID-19. And their accounts are more frightening, involving escalating levels of violence as they’ve been sheltering with abusers.
OhioGuidestone to host panel discussion
The Times-Reporter
OhioGuidestone, in partnership with the Ohio Domestic Violence Network, will host a free panel discussion titled “Guiding Survivors During COVID-19” at noon Feb. 8.
The online virtual lunch and learn will cover various topics and ways to help survivors during this global health pandemic, including resources available to them during COVID-19, how to seek medical care for strangulation and traumatic brain injury and assistance for those who are further isolated or remote working from home.
The moderator will be OhioGuidestone Chief Clinical Officer Benjamin Kearney. Panelists will include Jenn Benline, Kim Kehl, Rachel Ramirez, Erika Shalene, Jo Simonsen and Nicolle Wampler.
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