If teens are using technology to connect with others, why can’t the elderly do the same. That’s the idea behind a new app called Join Papa, which allows senior citizens to summon “on-demand grandkids” in the same way you would order food on Seamless or a car on Uber. The app pays college-age young people $10 per hour to help seniors by shopping, doing housework, or just hanging out. One insurer, Humana, has even experimented with a pilot program in Florida that includes ten hours of week on Join Papa. At a time where the elderly population is growing rapidly thanks to the aging baby boomers, apps like this that enable human contact could be more important than ever.
This app allows the elderly to order “on-demand grandkids”
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