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Virus Outbreak Grandparents At Home

Zita Robinson, who’s 77 and diabetic, and has been careful around her granddaughter amid the coronavirus pandemic, shows a book she made for her granddaughter, 8-year-old Traris “Trary” Robinson-Newman.

Ross D. Franklin

Surviving A Year Of COVID-19 For Grandparents

The pandemic has brought a form of grieving for everyone, and this is certainly true for grandparents with the time lost in their relationships with their grandkids.

Reset talks with two aging care experts on what grandparents are going through at this time and to share advice on how to support these bonds.

GUESTS: Kerry Byrne, founder of The Long Distance Grandparent; aging care researcher

Dr. June McKoy, professor of medicine in geriatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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