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  • Nursing homes get creative to keep residents connected to family and friends

    March 21, 2020 |

    Valley News |

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    Response Location: United States, Lebanon, New Hampshire

    The Cedar Hill Continuing Care Community near Lebanon, New Hampshire, is one of many senior-assisted living facilities that has rapidly responded to the spread of coronavirus. The staff has set up personal bingo tables that allow residents to sit six feet apart, taught seniors how to call their loved ones while they're quarantined, and engaged in more personalized activities to keep morale high.

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  • In Gomel, a Home With Heart

    March 20, 2020 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Belarus, Gomel

    A residential home for disabled children in Gomel, Belarus is setting an example for similar facilities by changing the model of care. Designed with the goal of reuniting the children with their families, the facility uses a model of education that aims to support, not substitute families while still emphasizing a "family atmosphere."

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  • For the rural elderly, it can take a village

    March 19, 2020 |

    The Boulder Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalispell, Montana

    Rural communities throughout the United States are experimenting with a Boston-based senior-assistance program that implements a shared-services approach to senior care. Although barriers to creating connectivity in isolated rural regions can be more challenging than in more urbanized cities, rural areas in Colorado and Montana are finding ways to make it work.

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  • Nursing homes using technology to keep families connected during visitation ban

    March 17, 2020 |

    Scranton Times-Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

    To help residents in nursing homes stay connected with their loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic, a nursing home in Pennsylvania has started using Facebook as a means to share photos and messages. Although the agency is still looking for additional ways to keep the lines of communication intact, this early approach has helped families know that residents are safe and healthy.

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  • Energy efficient homes mean less air pollution. But are they affordable?

    March 09, 2020 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Kearns, Utah

    To reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change and air pollution, Habitat for Humanity Salt Lake Valley is building airtight homes that will also reduce energy costs and be affordable for people experiencing economic hardship. The home are largely being built by volunteers, so the process has been slow and there have been mistakes in building the homes. However, the homes are estimated to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 4.9 tons a year.

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  • His Daughter Died Of An Opioid Overdose. So He Built A Treatment Facility In Her Name

    March 05, 2020 |

    American University Radio (WAMU) |

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    Response Location: United States, Hagerstown, Maryland

    Named after his daughter who overdosed, a former narcotics police officer created Brooke's House, a women's treatment facility in Maryland. Combining methodologies and using multiple approaches, the program works to help residents achieve sobriety through counseling and treatment.

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  • How the Knox County Land Bank is affecting local communities

    March 02, 2020 |

    Knox Pages |

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    Response Location: United States, Mount Vernon, Ohio

    The Knox County Land Reutilization Corporation, also known as the Knox County land bank, takes abandoned properties that are vacant and tax delinquent, revitalizes them, and then sells them to new owners. This eliminates blight around the county and encourages economic development. The Land Bank President estimates that for every $1 the land bank spends, they generate $33.82 in redevelopment. Operating in earnest since the fall of 2018, the land bank has brought $3.5 million in reinvestment into the county. They are now looking to acquire even more buildings and financially support individual homeowners.

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  • Jacksonville Organization Attacks Violence, Blight With Holistic Approach

    February 27, 2020 |

    Juvenile Justice Information Exchange |

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    Response Location: United States, Jacksonville, Florida

    After the residential real estate market collapsed a decade ago, a developer that had been revitalizing an impoverished Jacksonville neighborhood with single-family homes pivoted to a broader approach to reducing crime and blight. Progress has been difficult, and violence in the neighborhood remains high. But, by building larger complexes and offering an array of services and interventions, Northwest Jacksonville Community Development Corporation is achieving slow but steady social change.

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  • Talking to your neighbours is mandatory if you live here

    February 21, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Helsingborg

    To combat loneliness, a flat in Helsingborg rents only to retirees and people under 25, and their contract requires that they spend at least 2 hours a week socializing together. The building, a former retirement home run by a housing company and funded by the city council, has many common areas to socialize including spaces to cook, workout, do arts and crafts, and play games. Most of the over 70 residents are happy to socialize and some have formed strong bonds, although there have been a few small conflicts. The managers hope to open more housing using this model in Sweden and internationally.

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  • The home that cures loneliness in Sweden

    February 18, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Helsingborg

    To help young adults and seniors manage feelings of isolation, a retirement home was revamped into a housing project that caters to those under 25 and pensioners. Living in this new apartment complex comes with a provision in the agreement though – residents must spend at least 2 hours per week socializing with one another.

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