Covid-19
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Website to help break the habit of face touching
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-30 12:43
Designers Mike Bodge and Isaac Blankensmith and technologist Brian Moore where trying to follow the health and safety measures suggested by the WHO to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, they were finding it difficult to avoid face ...
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Nurse takes family photos to hospitalized patients with Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-07-13 21:03
Jeanna Barbieri is an emergency room nurse, who was taking care of patients with Covid-19 at the Lowell General Hospital. Working in the frontlines of the pandemic, she was working closely with infected patients and found out that the father of an old ...
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Nursing homes launch a request for pen pals to keep their residents connected during the Covid-19 pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-07-08 18:57
For elderly people living in nursing homes and assisted care facilities, the Covid-19 pandemic had a very negative side-effect. Visits were not allowed during this period, to prevent the spread of the pandemic, so these senior were feeling very lonely and ...
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Students create non-profit to deliver smart devices to the elderly and low-income communities
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-08-13 18:37
During the Covid-19 pandemic, seniors were one of the demographic groups most at risk. And, while those living in nursing home and assisted living facilities were taken care of by a network of support, many other seniors who lived by themselves were ...
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City launches helpline for citizens with mental health problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-26 17:27
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many people were feeling the emotional and psychological burden of the situation. To address this problem, the Lisbon Municipality created a helpline to offer psychosocial support to its residents. The line “Lisboa Liga-te” ...
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Nurses create stuffed animals with recordings of loved-ones for patients with Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-07-08 18:50
Michelle Vaughan is a nurse who was working in the Intensive Care Unit at the Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic. She described the experience as “incredibly scary. We’re incredibly emotionally impacted by this”. Everyday she was ...
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Italian municipality collects initiatives addressing citizens over 65 during the Covid-19 outbreak
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-05-04 15:20
The municipality of Milan created an email address, ‘ milanoaiuta@comune.milano.it ’, to collect all the initiatives for citizens over 65, people affected by chronic conditions, and immunosuppressed people. Initiative that are organised in the area with ...
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