As seniors cope with living alone during the ongoing pandemic, the "Cheer a Senior" program is tackling isolation and loneliness by helping with not only shopping or errands but also building long-lasting connections." Older adults who are lonely are much more likely, for instance, to be a fall risk.
They're much more likely to be a target for elder abuse or for scams that are directly aimed at older adults," said Karyl Dupée, clinical supervisor with St.
Jude Medical Center Senior Services in Fullerton CA, part of Providence St.
Joseph Health System.
More than 80 volunteers, like Mark Pennington, check on seniors every week to see if they need things like groceries, prescriptions - or just simply someo...
