Lincolnshire woman's quest to curb loneliness one handwritten letter at a time
Liza Johnson can be found most days in her cozy home office in Lincolnshire writing letters by hand to people she might never have met before in hopes of delivering them comfort and making their lives a little better.
Poor social relationships were associated with a 29% increase in coronary heart disease and a 32% increase in strokes, found the authors of a 2016 study, published in Heart, of more than 7,500 records. Pam Pellizzari, director at the Barrington Area Council on Aging, has seen the benefits of Johnson's letters firsthand.
"It made them feel special to see their name and that someone had remembered something special about them," Pellizzari said."They felt valued, that what they had to say mattered."
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