{"id":539996,"date":"2026-01-24T18:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T18:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/539996\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T18:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T18:12:13","slug":"being-homebound-is-challenging-how-valley-neighbors-can-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/539996\/","title":{"rendered":"Being homebound is challenging \u2014 how Valley neighbors can help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OPINION \u2014 One of the most meaningful resolutions our community can make together in 2026 is helping our homebound neighbors remain independent and connected to the world around them.<\/p>\n<p>Across the greater Phoenix area, more than 180 homebound adults are waiting to be matched with a volunteer through Duet: Partners In Health &amp; Aging. These are seniors and adults with health challenges who want to continue living in their own homes but can no longer drive or manage everything on their own.<\/p>\n<p>For them, a lack of transportation or companionship isn\u2019t a small inconvenience, it can mean isolation, declining health and the loss of independence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OPINION \u2014 One of the most meaningful resolutions our community can make together in 2026 is helping our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":539997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[131786,5229,5643,1587,18018,30813,66051,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,27355],"class_list":{"0":"post-539996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-homebound","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-arizona","11":"tag-az","12":"tag-connection","13":"tag-independence","14":"tag-neighbors","15":"tag-phoenix","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa","22":"tag-volunteering"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115951432089398837","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}