{"id":9392,"date":"2024-10-28T10:28:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T02:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/nuscares\/?p=9392"},"modified":"2025-03-07T13:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T05:57:21","slug":"a-day-in-the-life-of-a-befriender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/nuscares\/communities-and-engagement\/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-befriender\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day in the Life of a Befriender"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9392\" class=\"elementor elementor-9392\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e72ee3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6e72ee3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69886b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69886b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/nuscares\/communities-and-engagement\/senior-citizens\/\">\u2190 Back to Story Listing<\/a><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67fa5b8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"67fa5b8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ab1bb8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6ab1bb8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c82e88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c82e88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Day in the Life of a Befriender<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc91a9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc91a9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">YEO Lay Ying Candice, Faculty of Science; Sharron SOO, Faculty of Science <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61f18ba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61f18ba\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a4cd7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a4cd7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In GEN2060 Reconnect SeniorsSG, NUS students pair up to befriend seniors, called \u201csenior befriendees\u201d, across Singapore. They visit these seniors regularly, about twice a month, to promote physical, cognitive, emotional and social well-being. What does a typical befriending visit look like? 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