Caring volunteers, people age 60 and older, provide assistance and friendship to other older individuals who are less able to care for themselves. The volunteer receives a small, non-taxable stipend for his work, and the homebound client receives assistance with many of the chores of daily living. Both volunteer and client reap the rewards of decreased lonliness and increased self-esteem. Caregivers often expend so much time and energy taking care of the needs of another family member that they forget their own needs. Our home care aides are available.
Volunteers provide a caring voice over the phone.
They make regular calls to home-bound seniors who are physically or socially isolated. There is no cost to the person being called. Often the volunteer callers are older persons themselves. The volunteer may even be homebound, so this is a wonderful instance of seniors helping seniors. Conway, Perry, Garland, Johnson and Yell.