West Cook News

Helping Hand Center makes virtual therapy available during COVID-19

By Sarah Downey | Jun 3, 2020

While COVID-19 closures have contributed to declines in pediatric outpatient care, a Countryside facility has starting using a virtual model that’s providing unexpected benefits to clients and their families.

Helping Hand Center’s residential clients grateful for community support during COVID-19 restrictions

By Sarah Downey | Jun 1, 2020

As COVID-19 closures have meant no visitors at the community homes that serve developmentally disabled adults in the suburbs, staffers have made a difficult situation more manageable by bringing dance contests, poetry readings and piano concerts into daily basic care.