COVID-19 has made matters worse. One West Island non-profit is trying to change that through a special iPad-matching program.Felicia Filip and 60 year-old Gerry are part of that program.
They have a special relationship — one conducted exclusively through the phone.Sometimes, Filip is the only friend Gerry sees in a day.Filip is a volunteer at the West Island Citizen Advocacy non-profit (WICA).
She was matched with Gerry in order to break her isolation.An iPad would help them communicate more easily. ‘Some days I get very depressed:’ Ontario seniors discuss isolation amid coronavirus pandemic “She said she would like to use Facetime because she can read my lips and she would understand better,” explained Filip. “So we started using.