Establishing a Connection in Teens and Elderly Through Intergenerational Events Held at Lytton Gardens Assisted Living

Public project summary

Our project is creating an intergenerational event program at Channing House, a local retirement home, with teen volunteers, in order to alleviate loneliness in both the teens and the elderly and create lasting bonds.To achieve this, we would have events once a month, including arts and crafts, a tech workshop, and karaoke, all things that are known to alleviate stress and form connections. We will take before and after surveys (most likely on paper for the elderly!) to measure how much of an impact our events had on participants happiness and overall connectivity to the Channing residents and teen volunteers. We have recruited the volunteers and are in the process of scheduling our events. Overall, the goal of our project is to bring together both the teen and elderly communities and help foster meaningful relationships and connections as well as promote wellbeing.