Adult centers run by Valley InterCommunity Council offer support for those in isolation. 'If you know anybody that’s old like me, and, you know, needs a friend, I would love that'
of loneliness and isolation” that has grown even as the COVID-19 pandemic has waned, increasing the risk of heart disease, stroke, dementia and premature death. In announcing a campaign to rebuild social connections, Dr. Vivek Murthy laid out a national strategy that sounded a lot like what VIC — a nonprofit that operates on government funding, grants and donations — has been doing for years in the San Fernando Valley.
Bob Feldman, 74, a volunteer with the Valley InterCommunity Council, loads up his car with meals for seniors who are homebound. Karen Kochara, a former hairdresser, is a paid staffer who delivers about 25 meals a day, but she does more than knock on the door and hand over the food to her clients. She monitors“Some of them are widows or widowers who don’t have children nearby, or they never had children,” Kochara said. “Some of them have outlived friends and family, and most of them say they never thought they’d be alone.”
Chester handed a $5 bill to Kochara and asked if she’d mind picking up some cranberry juice for her at the store.Chester thanked her and added one more item to the shopping list: ice cream. She then told a bawdy story that’s not fit for print. It was about a dispute with a neighbor across the hall, who incorrectly believes Chester is having a wild romance. I didn’t interview the neighbor, so I’m not taking sides.“I brush into them all the time,” she said.
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