They’re all residents at New Hope Valley, an assisted living facility just outside Saginaw. One of them, Margaret Clark, has a mean forehand. The women are coached by Jamie Capp, who’s got them in a pretty intense game of keep-the-balloon-off-the-floor. It’s a game they’ve only recently started to play again. “The focus is on making sure that we bring life for the residents back to almost normalcy, without taking a risk in terms of their wellbeing and safety, right? So that’s a very delicate walk to walk.” —Rumi Shahzad, New Hope Valley As COVID-19 swept through Michigan’s long-term care facilities, thousands of residents died. Capp says those who lived were forced by the pandemic into an isolated existence with little contact with anyone outside of their rooms.