
United HomeCare’s AVUS Connect is an Intergenerational, youth-led, volunteer program dedicated to fostering friendships between homebound older adults ages 60+ and youth ages 15+ to help alleviate loneliness and social isolation. AVUS means grandfather in Latin. This hybrid Tech Model 4-friendly senior assurance is offered virtually, by phone, in-person and includes Tech Education. Volunteers are high school, college, and older adults working together to make a positive impact in the lives of 150 homebound older adults receiving senior reassurance service, and 1,600+ community seniors receiving hurricane meals in underserved neighborhoods of Miami-Dade, and free computer tablets for connectivity.