Thank You Kendal Buddy Callers!
Since mid March, when KoH’s Infection Control Committee put into place various operational changes to control the pandemic’s impact and limit the residents’ interactions, there was a concern about the effect of isolation on Independent Living (IL) residents, especially those who do not have partners sharing an apartment.
A Buddy calling system was created to contact IL residents daily or as frequently as they wanted to receive calls. The system depends on 26 callers, who have made these calls, many of them daily, for two months (and counting). It gives both callers and those being called personal interactions during a time when face-to-face interactions are not possible.
We wish to recognize the wonderful job the callers have done as Kendal’s personalized communications network, by sharing common issues and concerns so they can be addressed by either the Residents Council or the staff.
Mary Lou Wells and Jo-Ann Rapaport