About
The CARE Visitation Programme for the Elderly was initiated by Southeast CDC in 1999 as a befriending programme reaching out to the elderly residing in HDB estates, ensuring that while they are living independently, they are not socially isolated.
In 2024, CARE volunteers befriended over 290 seniors staying in the surrounding blocks of our Active Ageing Centres in the Mountbatten and Tampines estates. Our aim is to recruit enough volunteers to visit these seniors at least once a month.
A 3-step connection
Volunteers pay house calls, make friends to reduce social isolation, and connect elders to other services, including House of Joy.
Visit
Volunteers pay regular house calls to seniors living alone in our neighbourhoods.
Befriend
They build genuine friendships that reduce social isolation and bring companionship.
Connect
They connect elders to other services and programmes, including House of Joy.
Gift a Little Festive
Gift-a-Little-Festive was designed to create a micro-befriending experience for first-time volunteers and to deliver festive cheer to our seniors staying alone.
The programme mobilises more than 150 volunteers each year, reaching out to more than 2,000 seniors staying in Mountbatten and Tampines.
独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲 — Being in a foreign land alone, as a stranger, I miss my loved ones more dearly during the festive seasons.
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