Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Palliative care nurse helps patients fight loneliness


Tammie Michael, a nurse practitioner with UTMB Geriatrics and Palliative Care Medicine in Texas, has found during home visits that her older adult patients were becoming lonely, depressed and isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic. She and two others from Absolute Care Home Health started Save our Seniors, an initiative to increase connection and engagement with older adults.

Full Story: KHOU-TV (Houston) (9/3) 



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