COVID-19

Emerging evidence shows that COVID-19 is having a disproportionate impact on older Blacks and Hispanics.

Black and Latino adults are far more likely to experience serious illness and death from COVID-19.

Concerns about COVID-19 are highest among those with lower incomes.

Self-direction allows individuals to have greater choice over the services and supports they receive, including hiring and managing their own paid caregivers and purchasing items to live more independently at home.

Nurses have always been on the front lines, have always sacrificed to heal and to make others feel better. This year especially, it is a distinctive honor to be part of, and fighting for, the profession whose members are more than ever sacrificing so much during the pandemic of COVID-19.

Here are some suggestions to help the grieving process move forward in spite of constraints brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.