Many older adults, especially those in nursing homes or long-term care facilities, are unable to have visitors because of the pandemic. Generus invites you to create uplifting and inspiring virtual stories for anyone not receiving visitors right now. We call them “Video Visits” and they are a YouTube library of 1-3 minute personal messages from community members sharing a story, a song, or a how to. They are incredibly heartwarming no matter what age you are, but have many requests and need more stories from older adults.
With the separation necessary during COVID-19, it seems like anything we can do to help each other feel connected and loved is worth it. It might be a simple thing recording a little message in your home, in senior care facilities, and nursing homes. In memory care units, medical staff tell us Video Visits are helpful when residents see themselves on film, see family members on film, or watch any video that triggers a memory for them.
Please share a memory that might be helpful and brighten someone’s day or watch these videos by typing into your web browser: bit.ly/MyVideoVisit. Don’t miss the videos from high school and college students around the world that helped make this initiative possible.
Here’s how to get involved if you are interested in volunteering to create a Video Visit of your own:
1) Record a video on your smartphone (horizontal position)
2) Then from your phone, open a web browser and go to www. Generus.net and click “VideoVisit”
3) There is a link that says To Share: “CLICK HERE”
4) Then you just select your recorded video and that’s it.
If you do not have a phone with video available, you can also email us at contact@generus.net and we can schedule a call over Zoom to record your video.
~ Article courtesy of National Council on Aging.