AMERICANS
AMERICANS HAVE GAINED A NEW PERSPECTIVE WHEN IT COMES ATTAINING JOY IN THEIR LIVES
AND THEY'RE FINDING JOY IN MORE
WAYS THAN EVER BEFORE,
ESPECIALLY THROUGH PEOPLE NEW
WAYS TO CONNECT AND TAKING TIME
FOR FAMILY.
ALEXIS ABRAMSON FROM
COMFORT KEEPERS IS JOINING US
NOW TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE
PANDEMIC HAS DELIVERED A NEW
PERSPECTIVE ON LIVING JOYFULLY
.
GOOD MORNING .
GOOD MORNING , AUBREY.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
SO I UNDERSTAND FIRST OF ALL WE
HAVE TO MENTION TODAY IS THE
NATIONAL DAY OF JOY.
TELL US MORE ABOUT IT.
SO THE NATIONAL DAY OF JOY THIS
IS THE THIRD ANNUAL NATIONAL
DAY OF JOY AND IT'S HERE TO
CELEBRATE THE JOYS
COMFORT KEEPERS ACTUALLY
FOUNDED THIS HOLIDAY THREE
YEARS AGO AND WHAT IT IS THE
LAST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY JUNE
AND IT'S JUST FOR US TO KIND
OF TAKE A BREAK, SIT BACK AND
THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE JOYFUL
THINGS OF OUR LIVES AND JUST
REALLY TO KIND OF RECOGNIZE
THAT ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST YEAR
AND A HALF AFTER EMERGING FROM
THIS PANDEMIC, YOU WILL REALLY
RECOGNIZE HOW WHAT IS DONE HAS
BEEN JOYFUL AND WHAT WE CAN DO
THIS JOYFUL IN OUR LIVES.
AND WHY IS IT REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO FIND
THOSE MOMENTS OF JOY IN THEIR
EVERY DAY?
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION.
I MEAN ONE OF THE CHALLENGES
THAT WE HAVE IS THAT WE HAVE SO
MUCH STRESS IN OUR LIVES.
RIGHT.
AUBREY?
RIGHT. AUBREY? WE HAVE SO MUCH ANXIETY.
WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT
THAT ARE KIND OF NOT MAKING US
FEEL AS HAPPY AS WE LIKE.
SO IT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO NO
MATTER WHAT AGE WE ARE FROM AN
OVERALL WELLNESS PLACE AND ALSO
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY TO TAKE
TIME TO IMPROVE AND THINK ABOUT
OUR OUTLOOK AND SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT DO MAKE JOYFUL AND
AS PART OF NATIONAL DAY OF JOY
COMFORT KEEPS YOU GUYS
CONDUCTED A SURVEY GET SOME
INTERESTING RESULTS.
CAN YOU SHARE SOME OF THAT WITH
US?
ABSOLUTELY.
US? ABSOLUTELY. I DO WANT TO ALSO MENTION
COMFORT PEEPERS IS A LEADING
PROVIDER FOR SERVICES FOR
SENIORS AND MATURE ADULTS THAT
NEED ASSISTANCE AND THEY REALLY
THINK ABOUT UPLIFTING.
RIGHT.
AND SO WHAT THE SURVEY DOES,
IT'S CONDUCTED ANNUALLY IS IT
FINDS OUT WHAT ARE THE
PERCEPTIONS OF OLDER ADULTS IN
TERMS OF WHAT MAKES THEM HAPPY.
AND LAST YEAR DURING THIS TIME
WHEN WE DID THIS SURVEY, THE
THINGS THAT WERE MAKING THEM
HAPPY WERE THINGS LIKE GOING TO
THE BEACH OR TRAVELING OR GOING
OUT TO DINNER.
BUT INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH THIS
YEAR WHAT MADE THEM HAPPY IS
FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND REALLY
GETTING OUT AND SEE FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE THING
THEY SAID AND ONE OF THE REAL
SURPRISING FACTORS AUBREY ALSO
WAS IDEA AROUND, YOU KNOW,
COMMUNICATION SO A LOT
OF MATURE ADULTS, FOR INSTANCE,
WEREN'T AS KEEN ON TEXTING BUT
THEY'VE CHANGED THEIR MIND
BECAUSE THEY REALIZED I CAN'T
BE WITH MY GRANDCHILD FOR
INSTANCE.
SO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE IN THEIR LANGUAGE.
SO SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
RESPONDENT RESPONDENTS WERE
SAYING OH, I'VE GROWN TO LOVE
TEXTING.
ONE OUT OF THREE PEOPLE SAY
THEY LOVE IT MORE THAN PHONE
CALLS AND OLDER ADULTS AND
THEIR FAVORITE EMOTICONS, AS
YOU CAN SEE ARE THE HEART AND
THE SMILEY FACE.
SO IT'S REALLY WAS REALLY
INTERESTING TO SEE SOME OF THE
ELUCIDATE SOME OF THE GOOD
THINGS I GUESS THAT COULD HAVE
COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC FOR
COMMUNICATION BECAUSE THEY ALSO
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO
TELL YOU IS THAT MATURE ADULTS
ARE NOW SAYING THAT THEY'RE
BRUSHING UP ON POP CULTURE
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO
COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY
WITH YOUNG ADULTS IN THEIR
LIVES.
WELL, THIS PANDEMIC CERTAINLY
KIND OF FORCED A LOT OF PEOPLE
TO KIND OF ADAPT AND ADOPT NEW
WAYS OF COMMUNICATING IN NEW
WAYS OF DOING THINGS.
BUT IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT,
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OLDER DILTS
HAVE CHANGED THEIR MIND AND
THEY'RE PICKING IT UP GETTING
HIP WITH IT AND FINDING NEW
WAYS TO COMMUNICATE.
NOW TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER
SIMPLE TIPS ON WAYS WE CAN ALL
FIND JOY EVERY DAY.
YES.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS THAT
YOU CAN FIND JOY AND JUST BY
GOING OUT WITH A POSITIVE
ATTITUDE YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW
MANY PEOPLE COME BACK TO YOU
WITH POSITIVITY.
SO START THERE ALSO PICK UP NEW
INTEREST.
ONE OF YOUR EARLIER GUESTS SAID
SOMETHING ABOUT NOT BEING IN A
RUT AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR HAPPINESS AND JOY TO MAKING
SURE THAT YOU KIND OF CHANGE
THINGS UP, SHAKE THINGS UP A
LITTLE BIT AND THINK ABOUT
THINGS THAT HAVE BROUGHT YOU
JOY IN THE PAST AND MIGHT IN
THE FUTURE AGAIN SPEND TIME
WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
SOCIAL CONNECTION IS SO
IMPORTANT.
ISOLATION AND DEPRESSION IS
REALLY A CHALLENGE FOR OLDER
ADULTS.
SO THE MORE THAT YOU CAN BE
WITH OTHER PEOPLE IS GREAT AND
THEN YOU KNOW ABOUT WE ALL KNOW
ABOUT EXERCISE AND SOMETIMES WE
DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
HOWEVER, EXERCISE IS WHAT WE
CALL THE HAPPY HORMONE, RIGHT?
THE ENDORPHINS, THE SEROTONIN
THAT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
DO THAT AND LAUGHTER OF COURSE
IS THE BEST MEDICINE AS THEY
SAY.
ALEXI'S ANY FINAL THOUGHTS YOU
CAN OFFER ABOUT WHAT
COMFORT CARPER'S DOES TO HELP
BRING THEIR CLIENTS JOY AND
COMFORT ?
KUPERS IS PRETTY AMAZING THAT
IS THEIR WHOLE GOAL QUITE
FRANKLY IS TO UPLIFT AND TO
REALLY BRING JOY TO THEIR
CLIENTS AND WHAT THEY DO IS
THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY
UNDERSTAND THEIR CLIENTS
SEPARATELY AND THEY GO IN AND
THEY REALLY CREATE AN
ENVIRONMENT OF POSITIVITY, AN
ENVIRONMENT OF OF COMPANIONSHIP
AND REALLY TRY TO TO TO BRING
OUT THE JOYFULNESS, THE
LAUGHTER AND THE HAPPINESS WITH
ALL OF THEIR CLIENTS AND IN
THEIR INTERNAL CULTURE FOR
COMFORT PEOPLE AS WELL.
WELL, THESE ARE ALL GREAT
REMINDERS AND I APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING IT TO US ON THIS DAY
OF JOY.
THANKS