Isolation’s Impacts

Helping kids cope with the pandemic’s emotional and behavioral legacy Before the pandemic, Patrick DeFors brought his children, then ages 2 and 3, to a small in-home daycare three days a week. But when Illinois locked down in March 2020, DeFors and his wife Lisa pulled the children from daycare and kept them at home.  […]

‘More Than Physical Health’: Gym Helps 91-Year-Old Battle Isolation

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Above photo: Art Ballard, 91, is a retired jeweler in Monrovia, California, who relies on a gym — which he calls “the club” — for his physical and mental health. “If I hit 100 years old, I would like to be taken up to the club on my birthday,” Ballard says.  (Heidi de Marco/KHN) MONROVIA, […]

Keeping Your Distance

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The difference between self-quarantine and isolation during COVID-19 As states mull easing COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, Illinois officials say that staying home has worked and that residents need to continue to quarantine in order to slow the spread of the virus and not overwhelm the medical system. COVID-19 is particularly communicable because the virus spreads in […]