INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS PROGRAM

INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS PROGRAM INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS PROGRAM PROVIDES VOLUNTEER SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY DISABILITY, DEMENTIA, CHRONIC ILLNESS, OR COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE AGING PROCESS. CARE RECIPIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES RECEIVED TWO TO FOUR HOURS, OR MORE AS NEEDED, OF SERVICE PER WEEK WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A CARING, ENDURING FRIENDSHIP WITH THE VOLUNTEER. INCLUDED IN THE MENU OF AVAILABLE SERVICES ARE: FRIENDLY VISITING, TRANSPORTATION, RESPITE, TELEPHONE REASSURANCE, SHOPPING AND LIGHT HOME MAINTENANCE. THE POTENTIAL FOR SERVICES IS OPEN TO IDENTIFIED NEEDS, AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF VOLUNTEERS TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. MOST VOLUNTEERS MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE FOR THEIR ASSIGNED CARE RECIPIENTS, AND THE PROGRAM HAS FOSTERED LASTING FRIENDSHIPS THAT CAN BECOME AS VALUABLE TO FAMILIES AS THE SERVICES THEY RECEIVE. INITIALLY CARE-RECIPIENTS REFER TO THEIR VOLUNTEERS BY NAME OR "THEIR VOLUNTEER", THEN MY FRIEND, THEN MANY CONSIDER THEIR VOLUNTEER PART OF TH