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ADvancing States: Addressing Social Isolation for Older Adults During the COVID-19 Crisis
Description: The document combines responses from the states, organizations, and individuals who have reached out to learn about activities and ideas on how to address social isolation for older…
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Virginia: COVID-19: Creative and Promising Social Connectedness Practices - April and May 2020
Description: These two sheets developed for the Virginia NWD System highlight best practices at the local level to address social isolation. Click here to access the resource: https://www.…
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National Core Indicators®: COVID-19 Bulletin with Infographic: Indicators of isolation and loneliness among people with IDD
Description: To aid the intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) community in this unprecedented time, we are sharing some National Core Indicators (NCI) data from the 2018-19 In-Person…
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Maryland: Senior Call Check Program
Description: Call Check participants receive an automated phone call once a day, in an hour they pre-schedule. If they don't pick up the phone after three attempts, the service notifies a relative,…
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AT3 Center: State and Territory AT Act Programs Support Post-COVID Conditions
Description: In this brief, the National Assistive Technology Act Technical Assistance and Training (AT3) Center highlights how AT Act Programs can support individuals experiencing long-term effects…
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NCI: Strategies to help address social isolation and life disruption among people with IDD during the COVID-19 pandemic
Description: The current federal, state and local advisories to stay at home and social distance to reduce the spread of COVID-19 place particular burdens on people in the IDD service system,…
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Virginia: Social Health Connector Tool
Social Health Connector is a digital tool from NWD Virginia that anyone can use to reflect on the connections in their life and discover opportunities to improve social engagement.…
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AARP: How to Fight the Social Isolation of Coronavirus
Description: This article discusses 5 things to keep in mind to reduce social isolation and loneliness during the pandemic: 1) Social isolation and loneliness are serious health issues;…
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Rosalynn Carter: Caregivers in Crisis- Rosalynn Carter Institute Report Sounds the Alarm on Caregiving in the Time of COVID
Description: Just days before World Mental Health Day on October 10, the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI) today released “Caregivers in Crisis,…
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AARP: Understanding Social Isolation Series - Parts 1 and 2
Description: AARP Foundation, with the American Society on Aging, explores the health impacts of social isolation among older adults, and looks at current recommendations and solutions to prevent…
Includes connectedness and telephone reassurance