Retirement community creates hug huts so that seniors can hug loved ones Share Updated: 8:53 AM CST Feb 13, 2021 Courtis Fuller Share Updated: 8:53 AM CST Feb 13, 2021
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Show Transcript IT’S LITERALLY BEEN A YEAR THAT SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN HUGGED EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT SERVICES GOT THE IDEA FOR HUG HUTS AFTER RESIDENTS SHARED WHAT HAS BEEN THE MOST DIFFICULT FOR THEM IN THE PANDEMIC. I WAS TALKING TO OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT WAS MOST DIFFICULT FOR THEM IN THE PANDEMIC AND STORY AFTER STORY IT RELATED TO PHYSICAL TOUCH AND THE ABILITY TO JUST WHEN DOWN HAVE A HUG OR SOMEONE TO HOLD YOUR HAND OR TOUCH YOUR ARM ALL OF THE RESIDENTS AT DUPREE HAVE TAKEN BOTH DOSES OF THE COVID-19 93 YEAR OLD RESIDENT PAT DONALDSON IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THE HUG HUTS AND I BROKE DOWN COMPLETELY WHEN I GAVE HER A HUG BECAUSE I FORGOT THE HUMANENESS THE HEART THE HEALTH THE BEHIND JUST A SIMPLE THING AS A HUG. I SAW SOME