The Join Papa App Helps Senior Citizens Hire “Grandkids On Demand”

According to the new information published by The Wall Street Journal, an application called Join Papa has been used by many seniors to combat loneliness in their lives. The app is reportedly able to "order" "On-Demand Grandkids" who may be college students enrolled in order to help elderly people do the things they can't do, like go to the store or chat with them. In other words, Join Papa has similar operation methods like Postmate and Uber.

Marilyn Sumkin is now 87 years old and she used this application to help her escape loneliness. The college students from Join Papa, for example, helped her drive to the store as she could not do it alone. She told the WSJ that she was happy to meet these people, they confided to her, told her what they were doing, studying and many other things in their lives. For her, this is a very important and necessary service.

These elderly people can choose their companions through the service and they have to pay $17 for an hour, while college students are paid $10 per hour to complete all the jobs to help the elderly or even just communicate with them.

Humana's Medicare Advantage insurance is currently the first organization to develop a program in Florida, they join Join Papa service within ten hours a week near Tampa.

Join Papa was developed with the aim of fighting a lonely crisis in the majority of the elderly throughout the United States. Many researchers have shown that loneliness harms the health of people more than inactivity or obesity, it is as likely to be fatal as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. And according to a recent study by Cigna Corp, nearly half of Americans are suffering from loneliness every day.

For some people, the applications that allow people to connect with each other are extremely important. Typically, the 87-year-old woman - Sumkin appreciates this service because Join Papa's group of employees and the bi-weekly stretching class is all the connection with humans she has.