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Telespond Senior Services, Inc.
Friendly Visitors are volunteers who visit homebound clients in their homes. Their visits are on a regular basis when convenient for both the client and the volunteer.
Friendly Visitors provide such services as:
Tel-A-Care volunteers make regularly scheduled telephone calls from their own homes to homebound clients, providing a safety check while maintaining friendly contact with the client. If the client does not answer, the Tel-A-Care volunteer will notify the emergency contact person to make sure of the client's safety.
If you would like to volunteer for
either service,
call Telespond at (570) 961-1950 ext. 28.
Senior Companion Program volunteers are healthy older adults who help other adults live independently. Senior Companions provide support to family caregivers, and assist with daily tasks necessary to maintaining independence. Without the help of Senior Companions, many older adults would not be able to continue living at home and would need more expensive, less personal care.
Senior Companions receive: pre-service and ongoing training; an annual physical examination; holidays and vacations; transportation cost reimbursement; a small stipend for those who qualify; and the joy of helping others.
Senior Companions offer adults contact with the world outside of their homes and make their lives less lonely. Along the way, Senior Companions find out that few things feel as good as knowing you're needed.
Senior Companions clients benefit by receiving: (1) assistance with important daily tasks; (2) encouragement to remain active; (3) a helping hand to make sure they take their medicine; (4) a watchful eye to notice when they need extra care; and (5) a friendship that can last a lifetime.
Call today for an application, and begin enriching YOUR life!!!