#ConnectAMillion is our initiative to connect one million seniors through home-sharing by 2025

Partners across Canada who support #ConnectAMillion

Connect a million initiative, Happipad CEO Cailan Libby with a senior

Let’s raise awareness about the growing issue of social isolation! With over 1.7 million seniors living alone in Canada, the risk of social isolation is real and can lead to reduced quality of life and earlier mortality.

Social isolation can emerge from many sources affecting one’s quality of life. Examples of factors that may lead to the onset of social isolation include a lack of a local family and friends, health conditions, depression, mental illness, fear of falling, chronic pain, shame over memory problems, or becoming nervous about driving. As a result of these factors, older adults may be alone for days or even weeks without someone contact with them.

You can support the #ConnectAMillion initiative by connecting with a senior in your community. You can share your story or photo on social media with the #happipad and #ConnectAMillion tags.

Left: Happipad CEO connecting with a senior at the Cameron Recreation Centre in Burnaby BC.

How can societies and communities participate in #ConnectAMillion?

If you are a society that works with seniors or a community with a large senior population, we’d love to work with you to distribute education materials and hold workshops to share the amazing benefits of home-sharing and how it can help connect seniors in your community.

Are you or your loved ones affected by social isolation?

You can support the #ConnectAMillion initiative by sharing your story or photo on social media. Let’s raise awareness about the growing issue of social isolation.

Make sure to tag #happipad and #ConnectAMillion

How can societies and communities participate in #ConnectAMillion?

Are you or your loved ones affected by social isolation?

You can support the #ConnectAMillion initiative by sharing your story or photo on social media. Let’s raise awareness about the growing issue of social isolation.

Make sure to tag #happipad and #ConnectAMillion

#ConnectAMillion is for anyone, because social affects everyone.

If social isolation affects you or your loved ones, you can show your support for the #ConnectAMillion initiative by sharing your story on social media and including the hashtags #happipad and #ConnectAMillion.