The coronavirus pandemic has left assisted living facility residents especially isolated as visitor access remain shut down.
Victorian senior care, which manages 14 North Carolina facilities, came up with a creative way to ease the strain of social isolation.
It’s an old school idea with a 21st-century twist, using social media to connect residents with pen pals around the world.
Pen pals are usually strangers that write each other letters or message each other online.
Residents smiled for pictures while holding signs with their names and interests with a sign above their heads saying “Will you be my pen pal?”
Staff then shared the images on Facebook which went viral.
They also shared the address of where to send letters.
The response was massive.
Mails and packages poured in from across the globe including Germany, New Zealand and countries in Africa.
Posted – 7.2.20