The senior companion program is designed to assist the elderly and adults with special needs in our communities live meaningful, dignified, and independent lives in their homes

We do this by doing things that a good neighbor would do; we visit with them, we check on them, we HUG them, we take them to the grocery store and pharmacy, we take their trash out, we play card games with them, and we SIT with them while their primary caregivers rest or run errands. Our program is vital to the success of these individuals to remain living at home, where they want to spend the rest of their golden years. We have successfully assisted hundreds of individuals by providing companionship, transportation, and respite services. By using assignment plans, task sheets, and our monthly reporting system, we are able to successfully track the services we offer our clients. All of our volunteers are trained to provide services in these areas; however each volunteer is only counted 1 time in each output. With aging in place as our objective, we have chosen transportation and companionship as our service activities. We have estimated that we can place 30 unduplicated volunteers in our transportation category serving 40 clients with a target outcome of 30. We have placed 70 volunteers in the companionship category to serve 190 clients with 160 of them reporting a 3 or a 4 on the first 2 questions of the survey that indicates perceived isolation and loneliness. With respite, our volunteers will provide companionship while providing respite for a primary caregiver of a client. We have projected 30 unduplicated volunteers will serve 30 clients in this capacity, with 22 caregivers reporting an increased perception of social support. Our program will strive to achieve these numbers while continuing to make a difference in our communities.