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Lauren Chaloner

Nursing Home Launches ‘Adopt A Grandparent’ Campaign To Combat Elderly Loneliness

Edna Colton with Oren. (Mountview Care Home via SWNS)

LEICESTER, England — A nursing home has launched a campaign where families with young children can “adopt a grandparent” in a bid to tackle loneliness among the elderly.

The heartwarming idea was introduced by Mountview, in Rothley, Leicestershire, England, after  93-year-old resident Edna Colton said she had always wanted a granddaughter as she only has grandsons.

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