Dossy.Co in partnership with Uniting Agewell Ltd, the University of Melbourne and Two Bulls Holdings Pty Ltd has been awarded an ARIIA grant for ‘The Dossy Project - Community Connect: Combating social isolation through meaningful video connections’ project.
Dossy is a unique and powerful video calling app that connects families and their aged loved ones in an intuitive, simple way. Its simplicity is the superpower that allows for a connection that bridges the tech gap between older adults and their loved ones: it is easy to install, and set up and has one-tap-to-connect functionality. It offers real-time availability to address call hesitation. Dossy Community Connect is the second phase of the Dossy Project.
This phase focuses on expanding on the existing Dossy Family Connect release, bringing together a network of older adults and verified volunteers to increase social connectivity. Community Connect will improve and increase face-to-face connectivity for older adults with minimal existing social interaction, focusing on those living in aged care and/or in their own homes. The Community Connect project aims to reduce the number of older Uniting Agewell adults at risk of social isolation.
Community Connect presents an opportunity to increase the social entourage of older adults, based on interest, language, and availability. Meanwhile, the co-design efforts so far in building Dossy will continually improve the user interface, user experience, and implementation to increase the capacity to adopt video calling technologies for aged care delivery & connectedness.