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For more than two years, the intergenerational learning using video conferencing program has been providing meaningful discussions involving students at Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School Greystanes and elders at Southern Cross Care aged care facility, Greystanes. Due to the reciprocal learning, health and behavioural outcomes for the students, teachers, elders and healthcare professionals

Mike McCormick was talking about the unlikely meeting of a bumble bee and a bear. Actually, he was reading aloud about characters featured in a children’s book. McCormick was connected online via Zoom with a boy of kindergarten age who followed along with him. They could see each other, as well as an electronic version

“Connections between generations are essential for the mental health and stability of a nation,” says Margaret Mead, famous American Cultural Anthropologist. Intergenerational Programs provides children and older adults opportunities to connect, learn, and enjoy meaningful experiences and relationships; and has been proven to develop community trust. Seniors who participate in intergenerational programs gain a sense of

Our Greystanes care home residents have been connecting with year 6 students (from their classroom) before and during COVID-19 via weekly video calls, as part of an Intergenerational Learning program with Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School, Greystanes. After 9 months of visitor restrictions, the students finally met their elderly friends in the same physical space

Calls to expand program that connects primary school students with aged care residents during the pandemic A program in Western Sydney connecting Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary school students with aged care residents is showing incredible promise, with calls to expand it beyond the coronavirus pandemic. And after a very long year, today a