{"id":5905,"date":"2021-11-29T07:42:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T13:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/?p=5905"},"modified":"2021-11-29T07:42:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T13:42:03","slug":"physical-therapy-students-send-letters-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2021\/11\/29\/physical-therapy-students-send-letters-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical Therapy Students Send Letters of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/news.belmont.edu\/belmont-physical-therapy-students-send-letters-of-love\/&amp;title=Belmont Physical Therapy Students Send Letters of Love\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.belmont.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/letters-of-hope.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/722694.smushcdn.com\/1292217\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/letters-of-hope.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1\" alt=\"student holding card\" width=\"213\" height=\"257\" title=\"letters of hope\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond, many have felt the effects of self-isolation, as they stayed home to protect others. With the hope of spreading joy and a sense of togetherness, Belmont School of Physical Therapy Class of 2024 students teamed up with Lauren Scanlon, a geriatric certified specialist at Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute at Vanderbilt, to provide letters to senior adults as part of APTA\u2019s 100 Days of Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together, letters and artwork were crafted and sent to Letters Against Isolation, an organization that provides handwritten letters to residents of skilled nursing and assisted living facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/722694.smushcdn.com\/1292217\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/letters-of-hope-2.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1\" alt=\"student writing card\" class=\"wp-image-1990255\" width=\"243\" height=\"221\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associate Professor Christi Williams said, \u201cThis project served as a great way to get connected with the community and put a smile on someone\u2019s face. Thank you to Pi Beta Phi for collaborating with our physical therapy students on such a thoughtful project. Spread joy and togetherness today and every day!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about the Letters Against Isolation organization, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lettersagainstisolation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.lettersagainstisolation.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond, many have felt the effects of self-isolation, as they stayed home to protect others. With the hope of spreading joy and a sense of togetherness, Belmont School of Physical Therapy Class of 2024 students &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2021\/11\/29\/physical-therapy-students-send-letters-of-love\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exercise-science","category-chs","category-physical-therapy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5906,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5905\/revisions\/5906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}