Helping the elderly with pandemic isolation: A mental health call to action
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Michael Achterling | ×
Maria Balintona, licensed clinical social worker at Essentia Health
During the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the focus of families, and health departments, across the country have involved keeping the greatest generation safe from a disease that targets the oldest among us with cruel severity.
Many assisted living facilities changed visiting protocols, or eliminated them entirely.