Building connection one link at a time
When David Kepes, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션11, approached the management team of the long-term care facility where his grandparents resided during the preliminary stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, he came with a plan. He could have never imagined that plan, to video chat with residents, would lead to the success of .
Kepes, co-founder and chief executive officer of CompanionLink, is thrilled to have hired the organization카지노 게임 컬렉션s first full-time employee, which will dramatically improve the company카지노 게임 컬렉션s capacity to serve socially isolated seniors.
The volunteer program is a creative solution to a growing problem. According to the , social isolation has become a significant issue facing seniors in Canada, with as many as 30 per cent of Canadian seniors at risk of becoming isolated.
CompanionLink카지노 게임 컬렉션s solution is to match socially isolated seniors with vetted and trained volunteers, who have committed to making one weekly call for at least six months. The calls often begin over the phone and over time evolve to video chats. The organization is also piloting a variety of call activities including crafts and online games such as chess.
The response to the program? As a past volunteer, Kepes has seen the impact of the program firsthand.
카지노 게임 컬렉션The response has been incredibly positive. Anecdotally, it카지노 게임 컬렉션s been extremely rewarding.카지노 게임 컬렉션
The organization is also conducting ongoing research to quantify its impact. Using the 카지노게임사이트 of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale, the team began a study in early 2022 by asking participants 카지노 게임 컬렉션how lonely do you feel?카지노 게임 컬렉션 With plans to return to the question at regular intervals, the early returns have been overwhelmingly positive.
카지노 게임 컬렉션We카지노 게임 컬렉션ve seen a 39-per-cent decrease in the reported feelings of loneliness. We카지노 게임 컬렉션ve been told by participants that the volunteers have become an important part of their life and that they카지노 게임 컬렉션re feeling less lonely. I think that카지노 게임 컬렉션s one of the things I카지노 게임 컬렉션m most proud of and it validates that we카지노 게임 컬렉션re on the right track and this is effective.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Kepes credits his time at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s with supplying a framework for critical thinking that influenced his approach to supporting an aging population but also for fostering the type of connection CompanionLink looks to create for participants.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I was very involved during my time at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s and that connected the dots for me. I love Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s as a community, and it's always been natural for me to get involved in my community and mobilize people. That type of service has always been an immensely powerful motivator for this project.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Note: THis article originally appeared on the Queen's Alumni website.