School of Lifespan Development & Educational Sciences

Lauren Paterson and Marcus

You wouldn’t think that Lauren Paterson, ’24, a student in Kent State University's Nursing Home Administration Graduate Certificate program, would have much in common with her new friend Marcus, a 74-year-old with three children, seven grandchildren and a wife of 50 years. Think again. It was their shared love of woodworking that matched Paterson with her elder acquaintance who resides at Maplewood Senior Living in Cuyahoga Falls. Paterson’s father was a woodworker who crafted a bear and a squirrel out of tree stumps. Similarly, Marcus wants to help his neighbors make wooden name tag...

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