The Conversations to Remember Holiday Fundraiser is underway. This year, it has been moved to November to allow more of our students to participate. Due to the success of last year’s fundraiser, we’ve been able to host hundreds of senior visits each month, more than we’ve ever done. Unfortunately, this doesn’t even begin to address […]
Ellia Vanderwerff, a senior at University of Michigan, has been a volunteer with Conversations to Remember (C2R) since October 2022. She began as a volunteer on a weekly call with a senior citizen, but was quickly identified as a leader who could assist C2R with the training of new volunteers. Ellia Vanderwerff, a senior at
Over the past decade, loneliness has emerged as the next serious public health issue that researchers are trying to address. With the COVID-19 pandemic, health issues associated with loneliness have only increased. While loneliness is something everyone has experienced at least once, it can be difficult to articulate. Loneliness is defined as what someone experiences
