Utah program reaching out to homebound, isolated seniors
KSL TV SALT LAKE CITY — Isolation and loneliness plagued Utah's seniors well before the age of COVID-19, but one organization is helping to create meaningful relationships for seniors who are homebound or suffer from any form of isolation. Nancy Shelley's days are filled with silence, with only her memories to keep her company. "Ty Detmer and his Heisman, I was security for that," Shelley said. And even those are fading. Shelley was diagnosed with vascular dementia and early-onset Alzheimer's. "I had to give up my ability to drive because I knew it wasn't safe, and so it confined me to four...