March 17, 2021 – CBC News

After a year of pandemic separation, grandparents can't wait to hug their grandchildren again

Waiser is not alone. Dr. Samir Sinha, director of health policy at the National Institute on Aging, says the pandemic has had an enormous impact on grandparents and their entire families. 

"For so many grandparents and grandchildren, these are precious bonds that really bring together two different generations and allow people to interact in different ways with each other. That helps them both emotionally, but also physically as well," he said.

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