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Provides non-emergency assistance such as transportation, errand running, companionship, friendly telephoning, and a welcome baby program, referrals for a repair person or other services, or information. Marlboro Cares can also make referrals to other agencies, and offers educational programs on occasion. Ride requests require 48-hour notice; All other requests should be scheduled as far ahead as possible to ensure adequate response. Short notice of need will be met with every effort to help.

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Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
General Paratransit/Community Ride Programs
Friendly Telephoning
Resource Passports for Newborns
Homemaker Assistance
Senior Ride Programs
Friendly Visiting
Transportation Volunteer Opportunities
Provides personal medical alert systems, including the equipment and 24-hour personal response services. The services connect individuals to trained personal response associates who can send help quickly, allowing at-risk individuals to continue to live as independently as possible. Activation of the personal emergency response system can provide an immediate professional response to emergency situations such as falling. With private insurance, first contact insurer to see if plan covers medical alert systems. Fall detection is offered at an additional charge, and does not guarantee detection of 100% of falls. Home temperature monitoring comes with some units.
Provides 24-hour personal emergency response services that connect individuals to trained associates who can send medical or other help quickly in the event of a fall or injury. Medication dispenser service is also available, as is SafeChek, which provides daily check-in calls as an alternative to a personal emergency response system. Adults 60 years and older should contact local Area Agency on Aging to request possible financial assistance. SafeCheck can provide medication reminders, medical reminders (for blood tests, therapy routines, and more), and wellness calls.

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Prescription Medication Monitoring Systems
Telephone Reassurance
Personal Alarm Systems
Provides an interactive decision-support process that helps individuals in need of long term care and their families understand the services and assistance available in the community. Helps the individual identify their strengths, needs, preferences, and unique circumstances to weigh the pros and cons of available alternatives. Includes a discussion of the factors to consider when making long term care decisions, and information about the range of long term care support options (such as personal care, transportation, and medication management). Also helps to identify resources that can help to pay for services. Maintains a regional listing of in-home assistance providers available to assist seniors with continuing to live independently at home.

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Attendant Registries
Long Term Care Options Counseling
In Home Assistance Registries
Senior Housing Information and Referral
Provides an interactive decision support process that helps individuals in need of long term care and their families understand their strengths, needs, preferences, and unique circumstances, and weigh the pros and cons of available alternatives. The consultation includes a discussion of the factors to consider when making long term care decisions, information about the range of long term care support options available in their community (such as personal care, transportation, and medication management) and resources that can help them pay for services.Maintains a regional listing of in-home assistance providers available to assist seniors with continuing to live independently at home.

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Attendant Registries
In Home Assistance Registries
Senior Housing Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Provides an interactive decision-support process that helps individuals in need of long term care and their families understand the services and assistance available in the community. Helps the individual identify their strengths, needs, preferences, and unique circumstances to weigh the pros and cons of available alternatives. Includes a discussion of the factors to consider when making long term care decisions, and information about the range of long term care support options (such as personal care, transportation, and medication management). Also helps to identify resources that can help to pay for services. Maintains a regional listing of in-home assistance providers available to assist seniors with continuing to live independently at home.

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Attendant Registries
Long Term Care Options Counseling
In Home Assistance Registries
Senior Housing Information and Referral
Provides the equipment and 24Hour personal response services that connect individuals to trained personal response associates who can send help quickly, allowing at-risk individuals to continue to live as independently as possible. Activation of the emergency response system can provide an immediate professional response to emergency situations such as falling. For mobile medical alert devices. Fall detection is an option.
Provides volunteer opportunities for individuals to serve one-on-one with frail elderly and other homebound persons who have difficulty completing everyday tasks. They might assist with grocery shopping, bill paying, and transportation to medical appointments, and alert doctors and family members to potential problems. Senior Companions also provide short periods of relief to primary caregivers.
Provides an interactive decision support process that helps individuals in need of long term care and their families understand their strengths, needs, preferences and unique circumstances and weigh the pros and cons of available alternatives. The consultation includes a discussion of the factors to consider when making long term care decisions, information about the range of long term care support options available in their community (such as personal care, transportation and medication management) and resources that can help them pay for services. Maintains a regional listing of in-home assistance providers available to assist seniors with continuing to live independently at home.

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Long Term Care Options Counseling
In Home Assistance Registries
Attendant Registries
Senior Housing Information and Referral
Provides volunteers to support and assist individuals who need occasional help to be able to live independently. Assistance includes friendly visiting, errand running, grocery shopping, Meals on Wheels delivery, and transportation to medical appointments. Volunteers do not provide caregiving, laundry, or cleaning services.

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Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Friendly Visiting
Provides volunteer opportunities for individuals to serve one-on-one with frail elderly and other homebound persons who have difficulty completing everyday tasks. They might assist with grocery shopping, bill paying, and transportation to medical appointments, and alert doctors and family members to potential problems. Senior Companions also provide short periods of relief to primary caregivers. Availability may vary by region. Senior Companion volunteers receive orientation, ongoing training, a yearly physical exam, mileage reimbursement, and a tax-free stipend.
Provides programs that help individiuals to remain in their homes and connected to the community. Services may include transportation to medical appointments, shopping, friendly visits and reassurance calls, chores and yard work, and homemaker assistance. Also provides medical equipment loans, as well as a modest home heating assistance fund. The only wheelchair-accessible entrance to Westminster Cares is the back entrance.

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Disability Related Transportation
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
General Yard Work
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Friendly Telephoning
Senior Ride Programs
Friendly Visiting
General Minor Home Repair Programs
Home Delivered Meals
Homemaker Assistance
Provides volunteer opportunities for individuals to serve one-on-one with frail elderly and other homebound persons who have difficulty completing everyday tasks. They might assist with grocery shopping, bill paying, and transportation to medical appointments, and alert doctors and family members to potential problems. Senior Companions also provide short periods of relief to primary caregivers. Availability may vary by region. Senior Companion volunteers receive orientation, ongoing training, a yearly physical exam, mileage reimbursement, and a tax-free stipend.
Provides services that may include transportation, errand-running, friendly visiting, computer/internet assistance, occasional help with gardening and lawn care, loans of mobility equipment, delivery of food shelf items, and referrals to state, county, and federal services. Capacity to provide services is dependent upon availability of volunteers.

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Senior Ride Programs
General Yard Work
Disability Related Transportation
Friendly Visiting
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Offers a program where trained volunteers are matched with individuals experiencing loneliness or who are socially isolated. Volunteers typically call weekly for 15-60 minutes to provide socialization and companionship via phone or video calls, as needed. Individuals should contact their VA primary care physician or VA social worker. Individuals should contact their local VA Center for Development and Civic Engagement for volunteer opportunities.
Provides volunteer opportunities for individuals to serve one-on-one with frail elderly and other homebound persons who have difficulty completing everyday tasks. They might assist with grocery shopping, bill paying, and transportation to medical appointments, and alert doctors and family members to potential problems. Senior Companions also provide short periods of relief to primary caregivers. Availability may vary by region. Senior Companion volunteers receive orientation, ongoing training, a yearly physical exam, mileage reimbursement, and a tax-free stipend.
Provides volunteer opportunities for individuals to serve one-on-one with frail elderly and other homebound persons who have difficulty completing everyday tasks. They might assist with grocery shopping, bill paying, and transportation to medical appointments, and alert doctors and family members to potential problems. Senior Companions also provide short periods of relief to primary caregivers. Availability may vary by region. Senior Companion volunteers receive orientation, ongoing training, a yearly physical exam, mileage reimbursement, and a tax-free stipend.
Provides volunteer opportunities for individuals to serve one-on-one with frail elderly and other homebound persons who have difficulty completing everyday tasks. They might assist with grocery shopping, bill paying, and transportation to medical appointments, and alert doctors and family members to potential problems. Senior Companions also provide short periods of relief to primary caregivers. Availability may vary by region. Senior Companion volunteers receive orientation, ongoing training, a yearly physical exam, mileage reimbursement, and a tax-free stipend.
Provides a variety of services to support the health and well-being of neighbors on a temporary basis. Services may include transportation, friendly visiting, certificates and forms assistance, yard work, assistance with errands, homemaker assistance, and minor home repairs and maintenance. Also provides one-time emergency financial assistance to individuals facing a short-term crisis as well as referrals to other agencies for more long term needs. Barnard Helping Hands in partnership with Barnard General Store maintains a food collection box to support Woodstock Community Food Shelf. They also work closely with the Hub in Woodstock, the Ottauquechee Health Foundation and the Woodstock Thomspon Senior Center.

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General Yard Work
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Friendly Visiting
Homemaker Assistance
Disability Related Transportation
Home Delivered Meals
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Senior Ride Programs
Provides an interactive decision support process that helps individuals in need of long term care and their families understand their strengths, needs, preferences and unique circumstances and weigh the pros and cons of available alternatives. The consultation includes a discussion of the factors to consider when making long term care decisions, information about the range of long term care support options available in their community (such as personal care, transportation and medication management) and resources that can help them pay for services. Maintains a regional listing of in-home assistance providers available to assist seniors with continuing to live independently at home.

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Long Term Care Options Counseling
In Home Assistance Registries
Attendant Registries
Senior Housing Information and Referral
Provides volunteers to support and assist individuals who need occasional help to be able to live independently. Assistance includes friendly visiting, errand running, grocery shopping, Meals on Wheels delivery, and transportation to medical appointments. Volunteers do not provide caregiving, laundry, or cleaning services.

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Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Friendly Visiting
Provides volunteer opportunities for individuals to serve one-on-one with frail elderly and other homebound persons who have difficulty completing everyday tasks. They might assist with grocery shopping, bill paying, and transportation to medical appointments, and alert doctors and family members to potential problems. Senior Companions also provide short periods of relief to primary caregivers.
Offers a program that matches LGBTQ2+ older adults with volunteers for weekly phone calls in order to maintain social connections and reduce feelings of isolation.

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Friendly Telephoning
Volunteer Recruitment/Placement
Provides an interactive decision support process that helps individuals in need of long term care and their families understand their strengths, needs, preferences and unique circumstances and weigh the pros and cons of available alternatives. The consultation includes a discussion of the factors to consider when making long term care decisions, information about the range of long term care support options available in their community (such as personal care, transportation and medication management) and resources that can help them pay for services. Maintains a regional listing of in-home assistance providers available to assist seniors with continuing to live independently at home.

Categories

Attendant Registries
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Senior Housing Information and Referral
In Home Assistance Registries
Provides an interactive decision support process that helps individuals in need of long term care and their families understand their strengths, needs, preferences, and unique circumstances, and weigh the pros and cons of available alternatives. The consultation includes a discussion of the factors to consider when making long term care decisions, information about the range of long term care support options available in their community (such as personal care, transportation, and medication management) and resources that can help them pay for services.Maintains a regional listing of in-home assistance providers available to assist seniors with continuing to live independently at home.

Categories

Attendant Registries
In Home Assistance Registries
Senior Housing Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling