New piano brings purpose to senior living community

By Sahar Chmais

Inside Orchard Park, music beams on Tuesdays as the community’s residents gather to sing along to the piano; on those days, the senior residents have a sense of purpose. It has not been long since they were able to finally revive that purpose, as a broken piano and COVID-19 deprived them of these joys.

First, it was the COVID-19 restrictions that forced the residents to stay in their rooms with no group activities or interaction. After a year of distance, the residents grew lonely and were no longer leaving their rooms for activities. Music was their saving grace.