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Through the Triple-S Foundation, the students had an experience at the Fondita De Jesús about social determinants that affect health. With this opportunity, they were able to do volunteer work and learn first-hand about an effective local intervention model that offers services to people in great need on the island and that they can replicate in other spaces.

The Triple-S Foundation has focused since 2022 on directing efforts to combat social isolation and loneliness. For this reason, we invited Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, who participated in this important event, to discuss the relationship between social isolation, loneliness and general health in Puerto Rico.

The international organizations Alzheimer’s Disease Association and Alzheimer’s Ibero-America (with representation from 18 countries) met in our facilities with the objective of promoting a concerted effort worldwide to confront Alzheimer’s and promote countries to develop their national plans.

Triple-S Foundation certifies people to become Dementia Friends. This program provides educational material about Alzheimer’s and tools for caregivers. Toa Baja is the second municipality certified in the program. Congratulations!

Fundación Triple-S held an exclusive event for non-profit organizations where they received a “Tool Kit” with educational materials to impact social isolation and loneliness in the comunities. Also, they took a workshop with Contáctica on how to use of digital tools.

Fundación Triple-S delivers $125,000 to the following organizations: Diabetes Association, Comedor de la Kennedy, Puerto Rican Kidney Foundation, P.E.C.E.S and Food Bank. These organizations address the food security of vulnerable people due to their living and health conditions.

Our parent company, GuideWell, awarded Fundación Triple-S for its excellent work. This award highlights a community initiative at the level of all its subsidiaries in the United States. Congratulations!

Triple-S Foundation invested in 10 wide-ranging community projects. It offered potential collaborations across sectors to generate systemic changes that meet Puerto Rico’s needs to address social isolation and loneliness among vulnerable populations. Organizations: Asociación de Exempleados de Socios en Acción (AESA), Centro San Francisco, Corporación Fondita de Jesús, Esperanza para la Vejez, Fundación Hospital Pediátrico, Nuestra Escuela, Plenitud PR, Programa del Adolescente de Naranjito Inc., SER and Waves Ahead.

Triple-S Foundation was invited to participate in Florida Blue Foundation’s annual Sapphire Awards for the first time. We were proud speakers on a panel about social isolation and loneliness through our collaborator and world comprehensive expert, Dr. Jualianne Holt-Lunstad. Since 2005, a total of 130 Sapphire Awards totaling $6.5 million have been presented to honored outstanding programs, organizations, and individuals whose services are distinguished by exemplary leadership, innovation, and documented impacts on Mental Well-being across Florida

The Triple-S Foundation is subsidizing the inclusion of a module on social isolation and loneliness in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey carried out annually by the Department of Health (DS) and the Youth Consultation survey, conducted by the Universidad Central del Caribe to measure risk behaviors on this issue in the country’s youth.