Serving in a Pandemic by Dylan Goldberg

At the beginning of the pandemic when there was little information surrounding Covid-19 everything was on lockdown. All staff that had to have personal interactions with residents were required to wear full personal protective equipment. Most nursing homes have sets of personal protective equipment because of influenza outbreaks however there were not nearly enough for

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Work is Where You Hang Your Hat by Shauna Keith

A New Normal             Prior to March 2020, my family operated on three separate but demanding schedules. I attended classes at IUPUI, finishing my undergrad degree. I also spent late afternoons and part of my Friday in the lab working on a bioanthropology research project). My son attends Ivy Tech to complete his general ed

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Learning to Parent during a Pandemic by Anonymous

If Tolstoy were alive in 2020, maybe he would write that every stressed-out pandemic family is stressed out in its own way. My stress has been learning how to adjust to a new family in a time when everything is changing. And yet others are experiencing far harder family struggles.                                 It’s mid-March, 2020. COVID-19 is

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COVID-19, Virtual Learning, and ADHD by Danny Carroll

I remember reading the email from my sons’ school like it was yesterday.  On March 11, 2020, we received notice that all in-person instruction would be suspended indefinitely.  Due to COVID-19, all students would transition to a virtual learning format.  My immediate thoughts focused my 9-year-old son who was in 3rd grade, who two years

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