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PBHA's Harvard College Alzheimer's Buddies Program

Academic & ResearchHealth ServicesShelters, Elders & Community

Volunteer group pairing students one-on-one with memory care residents with Alzheimer's at two Boston-area senior care facilities.

Joining
Application
When
Usually recruits in fall
Meets
Saturday shifts, 10 AM to noon or 12:30 to 2:30 PM
Check how to apply at alzheimersbuddies.wixsite.com

About

Harvard College Alzheimer’s Buddies addresses the profound isolation and social disengagement faced by individuals in the intermediate-to-late stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Through consistent, one-on-one companionship, our volunteers build meaningful emotional connections with residents in memory care—focusing not on what has been lost, but on what remains.

How to join

  • Application — A written application, often followed by interviews.

Details

Experience
Requires the PBHA elderly training program and/or the club's own training; Hebrew SeniorLife requires tuberculosis testing and vaccines.

What they do

  • Weekly one-on-one visits with dementia residents at Hebrew SeniorLife and Springhouse Senior Living Community
  • Occasional large-group activities with residents
  • National Alzheimer's Buddies Symposium
  • Volunteer training
  • Visits patients at Hebrew Senior Life Rehabilitation Center and Springhouse Senior Living Community
  • HCAB Spring 2021 Symposium
  • Orientation and ongoing training on Alzheimer's and dementia
  • Weekly journal of visits

Mission, in their words

Addresses the profound isolation and social disengagement faced by individuals in the intermediate-to-late stages of Alzheimer's disease.

Sponsors & partners

Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA)

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