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Foster Grandparents provide service to children with special needs in schools, Head Start or Health facilities. Volunteers who are age 55 and older and meet income guidelines agree to serve a minimum of 10 hours per week and receive a tax-free stipend of $4/hour and other benefits.

Senior Companion Program provides older adults with special needs assistance in their homes. Volunteers who are age 55 and older and meet income guidelines agree to serve a minimum of 10 hours per week and receive a tax-free stipend of $4/hour and other benefits.

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General Yard Work
Senior Corps Volunteer Programs
Friendly Visiting
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Jewish seniors who are home-bound or in nursing homes are visited on a regular basis, and rides are provided to ensure they get to doctors' appointments, pick up prescription medicine, and/or go grocery shopping. During Jewish holidays, the Federation provides programming to nursing homes around the area. Companionship and socialization is a priority with the Senior Program.

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Senior Ride Programs
Older Adult Social Clubs
Friendly Visiting
In home personal services tailored to the needs of the individual. Offers personal care (non medical) that includes assisting with eating, grooming, bathing, dressing, incontinence, cognitive impairments, mobility, companionship, and medication reminders. Provides respite for the primary family member caring for a loved one.

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Friendly Visiting
Personal Care
Adult In Home Respite Care
Homemaker Assistance
In home care including skilled nursing and non-medical care. Non-medical care includes companionship, light housekeeping, organizing, medication reminders, laundry, meal preparation, transfer assistance including bathing and dressing. Also provides pediatric care, veteran services, medical social worker, behavioral health.

One hour minimum per visit, 24/7, or as little as once per week. Services may be provided in the home or in a facility.

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Home Based Mental Health Services
Homemaker Assistance
Adult In Home Respite Care
In Home Meal Preparation
Friendly Visiting

Provide in-home services to help seniors and individuals with short- and long-term disabilities stay in their own homes. Some services include:

- Meal planning and preparation.

- Light housekeeping and laundry.

- Bathing and grooming.

- Errands.

- Transportation.

- Alzheimer's and Dementia care.

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In Home Meal Preparation
Housekeeping Assistance
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Friendly Visiting
Homemaker Assistance
Personal Care
Offers support services to individuals to assist them in remaining in their home. Volunteers assist in a variety of ways, including transportation to and from the grocery store, doctor appointments, pharmacy pickups, library pickups, etc. to simple handyman repairs and work (if volunteers are available for the handyman work). Also offers companionship to those in need of friendly visiting.

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Friendly Visiting
Indigent Transportation
General Yard Work
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Nursing home/home bound visitation.

Provides personal care, homemaker services, help with the activities of daily living, companionship, and respite care.

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Adult In Home Respite Care
Friendly Visiting
Homemaker Assistance
Personal Care
Volunteer opportunities for individuals for the benefit of frail older persons with special needs. Matches volunteers with a frail older person. The volunteer can then provide such assistance as companionship, respite for a caregiver, escort and transportation, shopping assistance, letter writing, reading, or other chores which the older person is in need of and the volunteer is capable and willing to provide.

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Senior Ride Programs
Friendly Visiting
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Senior Corps Volunteer Programs
Adult In Home Respite Care

Provides members who received specialized training in how to effectively listen, respond, and refer friends and neighbors for help. It also includes an overview of common mental health and substance abuse disorders and how to most effectively get help for these individuals. The CCT provides companioning and linkage to services for neighbors in need.

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Friendly Visiting
Specialized Information and Referral
Non-medical care in home to those age 19 and over.
Provides supportive home care and companionship for seniors and the disabled. Services include: medication assistance, Dementia and Alzheimer's care, 24 hour care, light housekeeping, meal preparation, incidental transportation, laundry services, and personal care services.

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Friendly Visiting
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Adult In Home Respite Care
Homemaker Assistance
In Home Meal Preparation

Home nursing care.

Physical, occupational and speech therapy.

Case management.

Supportive care.

Senior services include setting up and administering medications, monitoring blood pressure and blood sugar, nursing care, personal care, and companionship.

Waivers services.

Private duty nursing

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Home Nursing
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Personal Care
Nutrition Education
Speech Therapy
Homemaker Assistance
Friendly Visiting
Recruits and trains low-income individuals (55+) to provide supportive services to homebound adults who are also mainly seniors. SCP pays a tax free hourly stipend, mileage and meal reimbursement along with other benefits to those who qualify to be volunteers. According to federal guidelines volunteers must be lower-income individuals age 55 and older. Volunteers provide weekly peer to peer visits serving individuals who wish to maintain independence in their own home or assisted living facility. Volunteers provide companionship, social support, transportation, respite for family caregivers. Clients must have a regular weekly need and one time trips are not available. Volunteers do not assist with bathing, homemaking, meal prep or household repairs. Volunteers must work a minimum of 5 hours and can make $400 per month in stipend and other benefits.

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Senior Corps Volunteer Programs
Friendly Visiting
Adult In Home Respite Care
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance

Home care services including companionship, meal preparation, dressing, bathing, transportation, medication reminders, and housekeeping.

Available as needed for less than an hour up to 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

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Housekeeping Assistance
Friendly Visiting
Personal Care
In Home Meal Preparation
Senior Ride Programs
Medication Information/Management
Volunteer opportunities for individuals for the benefit of frail older persons with special needs. Matches volunteers with a frail older person. The volunteer can then provide such assistance as companionship, respite for a caregiver, escort and transportation, shopping assistance, letter writing, reading, or other chores which the older person is in need of and the volunteer is capable and willing to provide.

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Senior Ride Programs
Friendly Visiting
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Senior Corps Volunteer Programs
Adult In Home Respite Care
Volunteer opportunities for individuals for the benefit of frail older persons with special needs. Matches volunteers with a frail older person. The volunteer can then provide such assistance as companionship, respite for a caregiver, escort and transportation, shopping assistance, letter writing, reading, or other chores which the older person is in need of and the volunteer is capable and willing to provide.

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Senior Ride Programs
Friendly Visiting
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Senior Corps Volunteer Programs
Adult In Home Respite Care

Volunteers provide transportation for medical purposes, to access food resources, pharmacies, libraries, church and more to eligible community members.

Volunteers can serve at HIRTA Helps' volunteer stations, which are local public agencies and nonprofits. Volunteers receive mileage reimbursement and supplemental and liability insurance.

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Friendly Visiting
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Volunteer opportunities for individuals for the benefit of frail older persons with special needs. Matches volunteers with a frail older person. The volunteer can then provide such assistance as companionship, respite for a caregiver, escort and transportation, shopping assistance, letter writing, reading, or other chores which the older person is in need of and the volunteer is capable and willing to provide.

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Senior Ride Programs
Friendly Visiting
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Senior Corps Volunteer Programs
Adult In Home Respite Care
In home care provides personal care and companionship.

Companionship offers socialization, respite care, medication reminders, meal preparation, shopping and errands, light housekeeping, bathing assistance, laundry, incidental transportation, etc.

Personal care includes ambulation assistance, bathing and showering, continence care and toileting, skin and hair care, dressing, feeding, etc.

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In Home Meal Preparation
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Housekeeping Assistance
Personal Care
Adult In Home Respite Care
Home Health Aide Services
Friendly Visiting
Provides socialization to other seniors by calling 1-2 times a week. Volunteer callers are matched by similar interests and schedule compatibility and receive training on how to ensure calls are respectful, meaningful and enjoyable.

Volunteers provide transportation for medical purposes, to access food resources, pharmacies, libraries, church and more to eligible community members.

Volunteers can serve at HIRTA Helps' volunteer stations, which are local public agencies and nonprofits. Volunteers receive mileage reimbursement and supplemental and liability insurance.

Categories

Friendly Visiting
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Volunteer opportunities for individuals for the benefit of frail older persons with special needs. Matches volunteers with a frail older person. The volunteer can then provide such assistance as companionship, respite for a caregiver, escort and transportation, shopping assistance, letter writing, reading, or other chores which the older person is in need of and the volunteer is capable and willing to provide.

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Senior Ride Programs
Friendly Visiting
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Senior Corps Volunteer Programs
Adult In Home Respite Care

The Community Health Representatives provide the following services:

-- Case Finding/Screenings

-- Case Management

-- Home visitation services

-- Blood Pressure and Blood Glucose Screenings

-- Patient Care Services and Other Patient Services

-- Consults (medication, medical orders, appointments)

-- Environmental Health

-- Homemaker Services

-- Community Development

-- Health Education

-- Local transportation

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Case/Care Management
General Health Education Programs
Local Automobile Transportation
Homemaker Assistance
Blood Pressure Screening
Friendly Visiting

Provides members who received specialized training in how to effectively listen, respond, and refer friends and neighbors for help. It also includes an overview of common mental health and substance abuse disorders and how to most effectively get help for these individuals. The CCT provides companioning and linkage to services for neighbors in need.

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Friendly Visiting
Specialized Information and Referral