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Residents especially isolated as visitor access remains shut down.

Victorian senior care, which manages 14 north carolina facilities, came up with a creative way to ease the strain of social isolation.

It's an old school idea with a 21st century twist -- using social media to connect residents with pen pals around the world.

It took just one question for the post on facebook to go viral: will you be my pen pal?

Residents smiled for pictures while holding signs with their names and interests.

Staff then shared the images on facebook with