{"id":1276,"date":"2021-01-03T20:35:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T20:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2021-01-03T20:35:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T20:35:55","slug":"napsi-social-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=1276","title":{"rendered":"NAPSI: Social Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(NAPSI)\u2014Maintaining social connections and staying mentally and physically active is key to reducing social isolation and loneliness among older adults, particularly now during the COVID-19 national health crisis.<\/p>\n<p>There are many opportunities for older adults and caregivers to remain engaged and connected to their family, friends, and community with and without technology during the pandemic. Here are a few suggestions all of us might consider doing during this time:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reach out.<\/strong>\u00a0Try to call a family member or friend every day, write them a note or send a card.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay active, mentally, and physically.<\/strong>\u00a0Move more and sit less. Engage in physical activity such as a walk or online group exercise classes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flex your brain.<\/strong>\u00a0Draw a sketch, write a poem or short story, or start journaling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Create connections using technology.\u00a0<\/strong>Use online tools to connect with friends and family. Attend virtual events and concerts or tour museums from home. Read a book online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Volunteer and share your skills from home.<\/strong>\u00a0Develop a virtual mentoring relationship with a student through a local college or connect with your local Area Agency on Aging to find opportunities to help others.<\/p>\n<p>Through its website,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eldercare.acl.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.eldercare.acl.gov<\/a>, and national Call Center at 1-(800)-677-1116, the\u00a0<strong>Eldercare \u00adLocator<\/strong>\u00a0can inform and connect older adults and caregivers to local programs and services that provide a variety of ways to stay connected to others in their communities to reduce social isolation and loneliness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(NAPSI)\u2014Maintaining social connections and staying mentally and physically active is key to reducing social isolation and loneliness among<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1278,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276\/revisions\/1278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}