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TALK-A-BIT [1 record]

Record 1 1983-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

Programs operating in some parts of Canada on a voluntary basis, in which volunteers undertake to keep in touch by telephone on a daily or regular basis with old or handicapped people confined to their own homes.

OBS

for "talk-a-bit program" : The names of these programs may differ from one community to another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

«Télébonjour» : Télébonjour... est un service de surveillance téléphonique qui consiste à rejoindre, sur semaine, des personnes âgées de 60 ans et plus, qui vivent seules... Le programme a pour but de surveiller la personne âgée au cas où celle-ci deviendrait malade, ferait une chute, en plus de briser un peu la solitude. Les expressions "Bonjour quotidien" et "Télébonjour" sont des noms de programmes qui offrent les services de vérification. Les programmes peuvent porter des noms différents d'un endroit à l'autre. Dans certains cas, ce service est offert uniquement aux personnes âgées; parfois des personnes seules ou handicapées peuvent en profiter.

Spanish

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