{"id":5942,"date":"2020-08-28T18:07:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T17:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.df-sfb.org.uk\/fighting-loneliness-and-isolation\/"},"modified":"2020-10-02T14:29:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T13:29:06","slug":"fighting-loneliness-and-isolation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.df-sfb.org.uk\/en\/fighting-loneliness-and-isolation\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting loneliness and isolation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>The fight against the loneliness and isolation of elderly people is at the heart of the history of the Dispensaire Fran\u00e7ais- Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Fran\u00e7aise de Bienfaisance. It is carried out through these actions:<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][cms_heading layout_mode=&#8221;2&#8243; text=&#8221;Home visits to maintain a social link&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">A team of voluntary helpers visit those elderly isolated people who cannot get out easily and who crave company. By visiting them, the volunteers promote a trusting relationship, create a memory, and offer an opening to the outside world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_zigzag][\/vc_column][vc_column][cms_heading layout_mode=&#8221;2&#8243; text=&#8221;The club&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Every first Thursday of the month, the members of the club, mostly retired, meet for lunch and shared activities with the volunteers team in charge, talk freely about subjects chosen together, and are happy to be together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">There is sometimes a visit by a professional to give advice and\/or encourage mobility (physiotherapist, dietician, well being, etc.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Every year around 40 people, members and friends of the club meet for a great Christmas lunch, always a convivial and happy moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5352&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The fight against the loneliness and isolation of elderly people is at the heart of the history of the Dispensaire Fran\u00e7ais- Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Fran\u00e7aise de Bienfaisance. It is carried out through these actions: [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][cms_heading layout_mode=&#8221;2&#8243; text=&#8221;Home visits to maintain a social link&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text] A team of voluntary helpers visit those elderly isolated people who cannot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5942","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.df-sfb.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.df-sfb.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.df-sfb.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.df-sfb.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.df-sfb.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5942"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.df-sfb.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6274,"href":"https:\/\/www.df-sfb.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5942\/revisions\/6274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.df-sfb.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}