21st Century Good Neighbor Program: An Easily Generalizable Program to Reduce Social Isolation in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Aim: In this once-in-a-lifetime humanitarian crisis, what does it mean to be a good neighbor? It means that as a community, we must address loneliness and barriers to care faced by vulnerable populations such as older adults. We share an inexpensive longitudinal experiential service-learning program implemented by health professions and undergraduate student volunteers that aims to help alleviate loneliness in older adults while imparting meaningful experiences to volunteers. Intervention Design and Setting: The 21st Century Good Neighbor Program is an observational cohort study of an experiential service-learning program started in May 2020, and this article shares the results collected after 1 year. This longitudinal, weekly phone call program was conducted in a single comm

SUBMITTER: Sandu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8721124 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature