As a senior living advocate and placement specialist in Los Angeles, I have had hundreds of conversations with caring children. The concern for their parents’ physical needs are huge, but the greatest worry, especially since COVID became an issue, is the loneliness and isolation they’ve endured these past 17 months.

Zoom got us through the turbulent months of 2020. But as “Zoom fatigue” sets in, we must ensure that it does not translate to “shul fatigue.”