33 min

Transforming Loneliness into Connection [with guest Deb Skovron‪]‬ Home Care Heroes and Day Service Stars

    • Entrepreneurship

Loneliness and Isolation have been clinically proven to have hugely negative health outcomes. Just because there's a caregiver in the home or the person participates in a day services program doesn't mean that they aren't lonely and feeling isolated. I lost my Aunt Myrna a few years back and she had in home care for the last years of her life, but while they were there to provide for her needs they weren't having conversations with her. By contrast, my mom who is 86 and has Alzhei...

Loneliness and Isolation have been clinically proven to have hugely negative health outcomes. Just because there's a caregiver in the home or the person participates in a day services program doesn't mean that they aren't lonely and feeling isolated. I lost my Aunt Myrna a few years back and she had in home care for the last years of her life, but while they were there to provide for her needs they weren't having conversations with her. By contrast, my mom who is 86 and has Alzhei...

33 min