The Friendly Visiting Replication Kit

Friendly Visiting Plus: A Proven Method for Enhancing Connections between Older Adults and the Community

As Americans continue to age at a rapid pace, our communities are increasingly faced with the challenge of providing critical support to growing senior populations. Beyond meeting an older person’s medical and physical needs, we strive to develop programs and services that enable seniors to become socially connected and to allow them to live independently at home.

Friendly Visiting Plus will complement your existing programs by enhancing your outreach to seniors in your community; provide you with additional resources to strengthen your programs; and present you with strategies designed to help seniors age in place with dignity.

Additionally, The Merrin Institute at DOROT can offer you and your staff extensive training and opportunities to learn more about developing, and sustaining customized friendly visiting programs. The Institute offers one- and two-day training programs as well as consulting services.

We hope Friendly Visiting Plus will help you to build a truly elder-friendly community. If you would like more information, have any questions regarding the enclosed materials, or would like to order multiple copies at a discounted rate, please contact Maryann Durmer at (917) 441-3738 or visit us online at www.merrininstitute.org.