Digital bridge: New app connects seniors with volunteers!

Digital bridge: New app connects seniors with volunteers!

A groundbreaking project takes shape: The digital platform "Com (P) Age" is to network older people with volunteer organizations and volunteers by 2027. The focus is clearly on improving social, emotional, mental and physical health of the elderly. Lena Anna-Maria Posch, communication coordinator of the project at the Diocese of Graz-Seckau, emphasizes that the app not only increases the quality of life, but should also promote social contacts. The planned use of artificial intelligence (AI) will make communication easier by automating translations, which facilitates international contacts, as well as steiermark.Ork.at reported.

As part of the development of the app, workshops with older people and regional institutions are planned in order to record the needs of users as best as possible. Participants for this competence workshop series are currently being sought. The aim is to train volunteers who support seniors in care facilities in dealing with the "Proself" app. Euro 870,000 funding from the EU will flow into the project, which is finally supposed to offer a platform for cross -generational solidarity.

The relevance of such an app in the digital age is obvious. Technologies can help improve accessibility and interactivity for seniors. The offer to integrate health tips and fitness elements in a playful way underlines the importance of an active lifestyle in old age, which emphasizes pro-aging-welt.de This not only promotes health, but also strengthened the sense of community within the senior population.