Senior Salutes – Iowa Media Wire https://www.iowamediawire.com Latest News from Iowa Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:22:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.iowamediawire.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropped-Iowa-News-Feat-Img-32x32.jpg Senior Salutes – Iowa Media Wire https://www.iowamediawire.com 32 32 Metro Care Centers Start Pen Pal Programs for Seniors in Isolation https://www.iowamediawire.com/2020/04/metro-care-centers-start-pen-pal-programs-for-seniors-in-isolation/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:22:01 +0000 https://www.iowa.media/2020/04/14/metro-care-centers-start-pen-pal-programs-for-seniors-in-isolation/ URBANDALE, Iowa– Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, most assisted living communities have cancelled visitation, leaving seniors without much interaction from loved ones.  “This is the most confining time of my entire life, including my stent in the army,” Karen Acres Healthcare Center resident Billy Slicker said.  According to an article in the medical journal, The Lancet, […]

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