Surviving COVID-19 in Russian Nursing Homes

Dear friend,

You are subscribed to the news of the project “Surviving COVID-19 in Russian Nursing Homes” of the charitable foundation “Enjoyable Ageing”. We are pleased to present a new report about this project.

First of all, we want to thank you again for your donation! Thank you for supporting us during the pandemic. We are happy to save lives together with you!

Today we have good news!

The epidemiological situation in nursing homes is improving now. The number of infection cases is constantly on the decline.

Some nursing homes in Moscow region allowed our volunteers to visit their elderly friends. They haven't seen each other for almost a year!

The volunteers were able to congratulate them personally with the upcoming holidays and to give them flowers and gifts.

Nursing homes, which are still closed, participate in our online concerts, virtual excursions and master classes.

We also continue to supply medicines and equipment to those nursing homes where people are still sick.

This all became possible thanks to your support and the wonderful team of the GlobalGiving project.

We will continue to help out with medicines, equipment and personnel. We will provide the opportunities to arrange video communication in the nursing homes which lack it – so that we can all, together with our wonderful volunteers’ team, help the elderlies to survive the pandemic with everlasting hope and upbeat mood, whatever may come. New concerts, master classes, workout sessions and other exciting events are awaiting them.

Thank you so much for your help and participation!

Sincerely yours,

The "Enjoyable Ageing" team.

Dear friend,

You are subscribed to the news of the project “Surviving COVID-19 in Russian Nursing Homes” of the charitable foundation “Enjoyable Ageing”. We are pleased to present a new report about this project.

First of all, we want to thank you again for your donations! Thank you for supporting us during the pandemic. We are happy to save lives together with you!

The number of cases of COVID-19 is constantly growing, so we continue to supply medicines and equipment for the recovery of patients in nursing homes.

We found additional staff, hired and paid for the work of nurses and doctors who came to replace the sick staff members.

We understand that it is very important to provide not only medical and daily care, but also to prevent the development of depression and fear, to provide leisure.

That is why we started to develop a project in which our volunteers support and entertain the elderly through video communication. We purchased computers and WiFi routers and delivered them to more than 80 nursing homes. We held mass events and tried to especially support those who are experiencing lack of communication and need extra support.

In addition, we made sure that the elderlies are able to communicate with relatives on a regular basis via the Internet.

This all became possible thanks to your support and the wonderful team of the GlobalGiving project.

Next year we will continue helping out with medicines, equipment and personnel. We will provide the opportunities to arrange video communication in the nursing homes lacking it – so that we all together with our wonderful volunteers’ team could help the elderlies to survive the pandemic with everlasting hope and upbeat mood, whatever comes. Concerts, master classes, workout sessions and other exciting events are awaiting them.

Happy New Year! We wish you a healthy, peaceful and successful year ahead!

Thank you for being with us!

Always yours,

The "Enjoyable Ageing" team.

Dear friend,

You are subscribed to the news of the project “Surviving COVID-19 in Russian Nursing Homes” of the charitable foundation “Enjoyable Ageing”. We are pleased to present a new report about this project.

First of all, we want to thank you again for your donation! Thank you for supporting us during the pandemic. We are happy to save lives together with you!

We have already helped and continue supporting nursing homes infected with COVID-19. We supplied the facilities with medicines and protective equipment, provided psychological assistance for the staff and hired the necessary personnel. Due to the complete isolation the residents of the facilities and staff couldn’t go to the shops or receive parcels from relatives. We decided to support them and organized the delivery of juices, and some nice snacks like sweets and tea to cheer them up. Tea drinking is an opportunity to steal a moment for some rest, so with enough supplies of this kind people in nursing homes could feel they are not alone.

It is possible to say that COVID situation expanded the geography of the foundation activities and today we are also supporting nursing homes in the regions we’ve never helped before: Karelia, Chuvashia, Mordovia, Mari El, Tyva, Penza and Magadan. Previously, there were not enough resources and funds for this, but thanks to the financial assistance of the caring people we were able to enlarge the geography and let more elderly and disables people and specialists feel that we highly appreciate them and always ready for help.

Today the funds and efforts of nursing homes are running out, and the expenses of our foundation have exceeded all the possible limits. However, it is too early to stop. We hope that together we will continue to help elderly and disabled people, supplying the nursing homes with protective equipment, medicines, care products as well as hire the additional staff.

Thank you for being with us!

Please, stay healthy and take care!

Always yours,

The "Enjoyable Ageing" team.

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