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LOREN BENOIT/Press Senior Companion program volunteer Peggy Smith uses a white board to ask Orchard Ridge resident Fran Ellig, 103, about when she would like to go for a drive around town with her artificial dog Buster on Friday.

LOREN BENOIT/Press Senior Companion program volunteer Peggy Smith uses a white board to ask Orchard Ridge resident Fran Ellig, 103, about when she would like to go for a drive around town with her artificial dog Buster on Friday.

March 31, 2019

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Compassionate companions needed for seniors
March 31, 2019 1 a.m.

Compassionate companions needed for seniors

As visitors stepped into Dee Kirsch's room in the memory care unit at Pacifica Senior Living in Coeur d'Alene, she sat up in her bed and welcomed them with a warm smile.