New tech startup helping care home residents pass on memories Now that people s lives are captured in digital media, Jessica McNaughton saw a need for a way to permanently keep memories that can t be printed off.
Author of the article: Lynn Giesbrecht
Publishing date: Mar 08, 2021 • March 8, 2021 • 3 minute read • Taylor Fox and Jessica McNaughton, from left, co-founders of memoryKPR, pose for a photo near their office in Wascana Centre. According to memoryKPR.com, the service is a digital time capsule that allows you to save, protect, design, and tell your story in a meaningful way. Photo by Michael Bell /Regina Leader-Post
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Seven months into the pandemic, Kimberly Sikorsky was struggling with isolation and loneliness when she heard about an organization that could bring daily group programming right into her home.
All she needed was a telephone.
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As a 63-year-old with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Sikorsky said she and her husband have been staying home as much as possible during the pandemic.
In September, she stumbled across Seniors’ Centre Without Walls (SCWW) online and was introduced to phone programming for the first time. She signed herself up the next day, and since then has taken part in dozens of programs ranging from art classes to yoga.