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this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2026
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So I had no answer for this. Bothered me that I didn't have one. I started thinking damn I'm sure there are tons of folks in nursing homes that would love to talk to them too.
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I started thinking that keeping senior's company on the phone has to be a real gig somewhere, and it turns out people are definitely doing it. The biggest company I found is called "Papa," but it seems like they want you to run in-person errands too. Idk didn't dig too deep.
I also came across Vantage Aging's Telecare program, which looks a lot more reasonable if you just want to make calls, though keep in mind it appears to be volunteer work unlike Papa and others. I do want to state the obvious, though: because of their age, these relationships are all sad endings waiting to happen.