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2008 Helping Hand
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Summary
of Services
Community
Caregivers serves people of all ages by providing the following.
All of our services are FREE.
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Transportation:
driving
disabled, elderly and non-driving persons for medical appointments, visits
to family in nursing homes, for personal care services and for
shopping.
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Shopping:
either
accompanying a care receiver who needs assistance or doing the shopping, for
items such as food, prescriptions, or personal items.
This includes picking up and delivering food from food pantries.
We can also pick up and deliver an order placed online.
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Caregiver respite care: providing
a caring presence to allow a family member caring for someone with illness
or disability to enjoy time away from their caregiving responsibilities.
Our volunteers will visit, talk, do crafts and read.
The family caregiver must remain in the home or nearby.
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Chores:
doing
minor home repairs, carrying packages, trimming hedges, cleaning flower
beds, planting, raking, mowing and snow shoveling.
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Assistance with paying bills,
correspondence, etc.: assisting persons who are blind, or
who suffer from a chronic condition such as emphysema, with reading or
writing correspondence, completing forms and organizing finances.
Page Updated on
08/06/2008
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