Selfhelp Virtual Senior Center

Selfhelp's acclaimed Virtual Senior Center engages homebound older adults through interactive, real-time classes where participants can hear, see and talk with each other online. Over 40 classes are typically offered each week ranging from art history to current events to museum tours to weight training and other exercise programming. This groundbreaking program effectively reduces social isolation by creating social networks for otherwise shut-in seniors, connecting them to each other and to the outside world. Participants enjoy taking part in intriguing live classes facilitated by dozens of instructors, chatting with friends, enjoying yoga, learning wellness tips and discussing politics, surfing the Internet and playing games all from the comfort of their own homes. The program has been shown to break down barriers of digital literacy, reduce social isolation by up to 85% and improve participants' quality of life by 97%.