Healthier together: Confronting loneliness and health care challenges among older adults
Jodi Winship, Ph.D., an associate professor of occupational therapy for the College Health Professions worked in conjunction with Elvin Price (a professor at the School of Pharmacy) and Pam Parsons(an associate professor at the School of Nursing) to examine the affects of long term lack of social connections among older adults. The article below describes how they created and evolved the Richmond Health and Wellness Program to help older adults in need especially during the Covid-19 pandemic.