These matchmakers connect teens and elders. The friendships benefit both sides
by Ashley Milne-Tyte

NPR (National Public Radio)    Translate This Article
16 November 2024

On 16 November 2024 NPR (National Public Radio) reported: Dorot, a nonprofit that has been operating for decades, is being joined by newer organizations with similar missions to pair older people and younger people for the benefit of both. The mission has a new sense of urgency in light of an epidemic of loneliness and isolation that was exacerbated by the pandemic and has serious consequences. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the field of health, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

'Loneliness is far more than just a bad feeling -- it harms both individual and societal health,' U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy writes in his 2023 advisory report on the issue, noting that it increases mortality risk to the level of someone who smokes 15 cigarettes a day.

...Donna Butts is executive director of Generations United, which works to make US society less segregated by age, and to get the generations together.

...That caring relationship can grow online as well as in person.

Dana Griffin launched her intergenerational platform, Eldera, just as COVID hit in 2020. With Eldera, older adults meet for weekly mentoring sessions over Zoom with kids from 6 to 17 years old. She says some of the mentors don't get out much. They have reported that when they have virtual dates with their mentees, it changes their whole day.

...But these pairings aren't just about making older people feel good. Griffin says the benefits go both ways.

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