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Generations Project: Senior Companions

Program Description

• Upon orientation, each student is matched with a resident of the nursing home.
• During a visit, a student can play games, watch television, look at photographs, or simply converse with their senior companion.
• A student and his/her resident often develop a strong bond of friendship.
• The program is very individual and fits easily into any schedule

A student can choose to have a resident either in the regular unit or the Alzheimer's unit of the Hanover Terrace.

A minimum of 8, 45 minute visits over the course of two consecutive terms is required. Most students typically go once a week, for 45 minutes to an hour.

For more information please blitz Generations Project.

The Hanover Terrace and Outreach House are both less than one mile from campus, so a student could walk or bike there easily. Students can also be Tucker certified to drive there.