The Senior picks the Volunteer and all visits are FREE!

AGE Y☮UR WAY, puts YOU , the senior , in the driver’s seat. YOU pick a volunteer for weekly companionship visits. We bring conversation, laughter, and connection right into your home so you can age in place with dignity and joy.

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For Sponsors and Partners

Supporting the people who supported us.

Your support helps fund AGE Y☮UR WAY, a non-profit organization, with a variety of operating costs:

Volunteer screening & Police Information Checks
Senior intake and home safety visits
Program coordination and matching
Training tools, and support for volunteers
Impact tracking and reporting

Why Fund Senior Social Connection Through Age Your Way?

The data we care about

Scale of the problem

1 in 3 adults aged 65+ report being socially isolated
Up to 48% of older adults report feeling lonely at least some of the time
Social isolation among seniors is increasing, driven by:
- Living alone
- Loss of spouse/partner
- Retirement
- Mobility and health decline

(Surgeon General’s and International Advisory Boards)

Health impact

Chronic loneliness and social isolation in older adults are associated with:

~50% increased risk of dementia
39% increased risk of heart disease
42% increased risk of stroke
Higher rates of depression, anxiety, and cognitive decline

The health risk of chronic loneliness is comparable to smoking ~15 cigarettes per day.

(Surgeon General’s Advisory)

System cost (why prevention matters)

Social isolation is linked to:
- Increased ER visits
- Longer hospital stays
- Higher long-term care placement rates
Older adults who are socially isolated are more likely to be high-cost users of the health system
Preventative, community-based social connection programs are increasingly viewed as cost-avoidance strategies, not “nice-to-haves”

(Referenced throughout international public-health literature summarized in the SG Advisory)

What the Surgeon General Explicitly Recommends Funding For

The Advisory calls for investment in programs that:

Create consistent, meaningful human connection (not one-off events)
Partner health systems with community organizations for social isolation
Intervene during high-risk life transitions (bereavement, retirement, illness)
Reduce stigma and normalize social connection as a health factor
Measure outcomes, not just participation

“Health systems should partner with community organizations to identify, treat, and prevent social isolation and loneliness.”

— Surgeon General’s Advisory

Why programs like Age Your Way align perfectly

Preventative (not crisis-driven)
Scalable (Able to grow in areas of greatest needs quickly and easily)
Measurable (Number of volunteer hours, number of seniors in system)
Volunteer-leveraged
Community-embedded, right down to the neighbourhood level

Volunteer companionship programs directly address:

Frequency of human interaction
Emotional connection
Sense of belonging
Reduced demand on health and social services

This puts you squarely inside the evidence-supported solution space identified by the Surgeon General, and international research.

The takeaway

Loneliness among seniors is not a social inconvenience — it is a measurable public-health risk epidemic with real health care cost implications.

Programs that create regular, meaningful human connections are now recognized by national public-health leadership as a legitimate intervention.

Join us in helping kick senior loneliness in the ass – One senior at a time

Age Y☮ur Way

The Loneliness Project
Kicking Senior Loneliness in the Ass.

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Why Age Y☮ur Way?
•1 in 3 seniors experience loneliness
•Volunteer-based companionship model
•Aging-in-place support
•Measurable impact reporting
•Scalable across Canada