We hope you and your family are staying healthy and safe. At Project Access, we’ve been laser focused on ensuring our residents are also staying healthy and safe. We’ve made thousands of wellness calls and what our residents are sharing is not surprising: Parents and Adults are experiencing financial hardship after losing their job, [...]
Every Monday in April, we’ll be posting tips on how you can be “MINDFUL” about your physical, emotional, and mental well-being. What you can do to STAY SHARP Do puzzles and brain teasers Play games solo or with your family Find memory building apps on your phone Meditate (try a meditation app or [...]
Door by door and floor by floor, Project Access Resident Services Coordinator Charles Kim delivers soup to the 14 floors of a building of over 200 seniors in Torrance. It’s a warm setting in the midst of this crisis - seeing these seniors confined to their apartments - poking their heads out to [...]
Every Monday in April, we’ll be posting tips on how you can be “MINDFUL” about your physical, emotional, and mental well-being. What you can do to STAY PRODUCTIVE Find ways to volunteer in your local community (volunteermatch.org) Read a book (Amazon Prime is offering 1000s of free audio and digital books. You can [...]
One move that owners can make now is to proactively check on residents. “Many have shared with us that they don’t ask for help because they don’t want to burden others,” says Kristin Byrnes, CEO & President of Project Access. “Our minds are our most powerful coping mechanism, and long-term isolation can have a [...]
Kristin Byrnes sits down with MFRG-ICON Construction about the impact on Affordable Housing residents and COVID-19. Listen to the podcast here.
Every Monday in April, we’ll be posting tips on how you can be “MINDFUL” about your physical, emotional, and mental well-being. What you can do to STAY SOCIAL Join your local area's Facebook group or NextDoor app to engage in conversations with your community Enjoy an online movie "watch party" (try the app [...]
One thing we miss most is bringing families and seniors together at our community building events - where they enjoy great food, share stories, and strengthen connections with their neighbors. A group of women from Plant City, Florida who met at their Project Access Resource Center have rallied to fight this [...]
Every Monday in April, we’ll be posting tips on how you can be “MINDFUL” about your physical, emotional, and mental well-being. What you can do to STAY ACTIVE Find and follow an online workout on Youtube or Facebook Live Working from home? Take breaks and do some simple stretches Take a walk while maintaining [...]
Meet Anne - a 94 year old resident at Golden West Tower in Torrance, California. When news of COVID-19 surfaced and safer at home orders were put into effect, Anne wasn't sure how she would adjust to this new normal. How would she get essentials like food and medicine if she can't leave her [...]