Helping older adults help other older adults

By Theresa Myers in LGBTQ, Older Adult Services, Spanish, Success Story, Thought Leadership, Volunteers | Posted September 22, 2022

This opinion piece was published in the Daily Journal on September 21, 2022: The U.S. population is growing older, and that is especially apparent in our local community. According to California Department of Finance population projections, San Mateo County will grow by more than 150,000 residents 65 and older by 2050. As the population increases, their needs increase as well, specifically those related to housing, transportation, social isolation, mental and physical health, and employment. Unfortunately,…

Peninsula Family Service “La Esperanza Vive” needs volunteers

By Theresa Myers in Older Adult Services, Spanish | Posted March 7, 2022

The group “La Esperanza Vive” of the Peninsula Family Service Agency in Redwood City is looking for volunteers who speak Spanish to provide company to grandparents who due to life circumstances have been left alone. Rosa Aurora, a participant in the group, is 24 years old in the US and assures that the program has helped her. “It has helped me a lot because loneliness sometimes attacks very badly,” said Rosa. Volunteers help these people…

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