Wind phones help the bereaved deal with death, loss and grief − a clinical social worker explains the vital role of the old-fashioned rotary phone
- Written by Taryn Lindhorst, Professor of Social Work, University of Washington
The first wind phone was built in 2010 in Otsuchi, Japan.Matthew Komatsu/Wikimedia CommonsMy mother died in my home in hospice in 2020, on the day my state of Washington went into COVID-19 lockdown. Her body was taken away, but none of the usual touchstones for grief were available to our family. There was no funeral or supportive gathering, no...