Posts Tagged ‘isolation’
Fun Video Call Activity Ideas for Churches and Older People
All the time churches are finding new creative ways to build friendships, combat isolation and form community, even in lockdown. Those working with children and young people are facing similar…
Read MoreTackling anxiety and fear in the Coronavirus Pandemic
Louise Morse shares some great ways for helping us manage during isolation and social upheaval. Isolation is not natural for human beings, writes Louise Morse – we are not designed…
Read MoreThe mental health risks of isolation – and how we can help each other.
Even before ‘social distancing’, research showed that more than a quarter of older people living alone have a mental health condition, and are 50% more likely to go to A&E…
Read MoreWhat to say on the phone when you’re calling someone who is self-isolating
Having a phone conversation with close friends or family in happy times is one thing. Picking up the phone to someone who may be self-isolating, who may be someone you’ve…
Read MoreCoronavirus: Questions to reflect on
The prospect of isolation and ‘social distancing’ for those over 70 is raising some major societal questions and consequences. In the coming days and weeks we will be exploring in…
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