'Absolute spirit lifters': How four-year-olds are creating joy with seniors

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A program connecting seniors and children, which is being credited with mending broken hearts, creating intergenerational connections and improving IT skills, is expanding in Queensland.

As Sylvia Evans navigates the grief of losing three of four children in 29 years, a new program connecting seniors and four-year-olds is changing her life.

But many more relationships are about to be formed after a federal government grant enabled the program to expand to Caloundra, Hervey Bay and Biloela. Hervey Bay coordinator Sharon Pringle said the relationship one of their VIPs had developed with a child has even extended to the wider family.

 

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great social experiment. It's a shame that it will never come to pass.

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