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Offers weekend telephone safety checks for frail and vulnerable seniors who have made a choice to remain living independently at home. Telephone Reassurance Program (Telefriends)
Offers weekend telephone safety checks for frail and vulnerable seniors who have made a choice to remain living independently at home. Telephone Reassurance Program (Telefriends)
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Telephone Reassurance
Assists seniors by improving their access to health, education, social and supportive services. Services may include home delivered meals, limited medical transportation, physical fitness activities, physical health screenings, and recreational activities.
Assists seniors by improving their access to health, education, social and supportive services. Services may include home delivered meals, limited medical transportation, physical fitness activities, physical health screenings, and recreational activities.
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Telephone Reassurance
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Home Delivered Meals
Provides a case management project that helps seniors receive the resources they need. Services include but are not limited to: food delivery, diaper distribution, personal items distribution, education workshops, senior events, and case management.
Provides a case management project that helps seniors receive the resources they need. Services include but are not limited to: food delivery, diaper distribution, personal items distribution, education workshops, senior events, and case management.
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Telephone Reassurance
Provide free, non-medical support for homebound elderly and disabled individuals, including transportation, shopping, friendly visits, respite care, housekeeping, phone reassurance, meals, chores, lawn care, minor repairs, and other assistance.
Provide free, non-medical support for homebound elderly and disabled individuals, including transportation, shopping, friendly visits, respite care, housekeeping, phone reassurance, meals, chores, lawn care, minor repairs, and other assistance.
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Senior Ride Programs
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Adult In Home Respite Care
Homemaker Assistance
Telephone Reassurance
Disability Related Transportation
Friendly Visiting
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
General Yard Work
Provides free telephone reassurance and community support for older adults, people with disabilities, and those who are lonely, living alone, or feeling isolated from their community. Volunteers provide a friendly hello, as well as assess the well-being of the client, and will call an emergency contact person if a perceived emergency exists.
Provides free telephone reassurance and community support for older adults, people with disabilities, and those who are lonely, living alone, or feeling isolated from their community. Volunteers provide a friendly hello, as well as assess the well-being of the client, and will call an emergency contact person if a perceived emergency exists.
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General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
Talklines/Warmlines
Telephone Reassurance
Offers daily social interaction via phone, from a volunteer. Discussion topics are open to the participant's discretion.
Offers daily social interaction via phone, from a volunteer. Discussion topics are open to the participant's discretion.
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Telephone Reassurance
Assists with various senior related issues such as Medicare, obtaining flu shots, and calls to housebound individuals.
Assists with various senior related issues such as Medicare, obtaining flu shots, and calls to housebound individuals.
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Immunizations
Telephone Reassurance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Provides information & referral services, benefits screening counselors, telephone reassurance, and language translation assistance.
Provides information & referral services, benefits screening counselors, telephone reassurance, and language translation assistance.
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Friendly Visiting
Telephone Reassurance
Specialized Information and Referral
The Telephone Reassurance Program is designed to ensure the well-being of older adults living alone. Trained volunteers place daily telephone calls to older adults, and implement emergency procedures if the telephone is not answered. The program links participants to other social services if needed.
The Telephone Reassurance Program is designed to ensure the well-being of older adults living alone. Trained volunteers place daily telephone calls to older adults, and implement emergency procedures if the telephone is not answered. The program links participants to other social services if needed.
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Telephone Reassurance
Volunteers will call the recipient at least twice a week to provide support and company over the phone.
Volunteers will call the recipient at least twice a week to provide support and company over the phone.
Provides free telephone reassurance and community support for older adults, people with disabilities, and those who are lonely, living alone, or feeling isolated from their community. Volunteers provide a friendly hello, as well as assess the well-being of the client, and will call an emergency contact person if a perceived emergency exists.
Provides free telephone reassurance and community support for older adults, people with disabilities, and those who are lonely, living alone, or feeling isolated from their community. Volunteers provide a friendly hello, as well as assess the well-being of the client, and will call an emergency contact person if a perceived emergency exists.
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General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
Talklines/Warmlines
Telephone Reassurance
Weehawken provides an array of services for its senior citizens. These programs include but are not limited to nutrition, transportation, social activities, and a "Keep In Touch" program which communicates with the homebound and the ill.
Weehawken provides an array of services for its senior citizens. These programs include but are not limited to nutrition, transportation, social activities, and a "Keep In Touch" program which communicates with the homebound and the ill.
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Telephone Reassurance
Senior Center Bus Services
Senior Centers
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Provides educational information, monthly meetings with lectures by doctors and researchers to educate patients and families on all aspects of the disease and its care. Fund-raising to improve diagnostic facilities and to fund research. Telephone peer counseling and support groups available to members.
Provides educational information, monthly meetings with lectures by doctors and researchers to educate patients and families on all aspects of the disease and its care. Fund-raising to improve diagnostic facilities and to fund research. Telephone peer counseling and support groups available to members.
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Disease/Disability Information
Telephone Reassurance
Provides reassurance calls to seniors and the mentally ill to ensure all is well. The center will provide medication reminders as necessary as well.
Provides reassurance calls to seniors and the mentally ill to ensure all is well. The center will provide medication reminders as necessary as well.
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Telephone Reassurance
Offers services to assist seniors facing health and/or economic problems include: Care Management providing assistance and advocacy to help seniors have the healthcare, housing and services they need. "Friendly Visitors," which deploys staff to visit seniors in their homes who would otherwise be socially isolated ."Telephone Reassurance" though daily phone calls to ensure the safety and well-being of seniors living alone.
Offers services to assist seniors facing health and/or economic problems include: Care Management providing assistance and advocacy to help seniors have the healthcare, housing and services they need. "Friendly Visitors," which deploys staff to visit seniors in their homes who would otherwise be socially isolated ."Telephone Reassurance" though daily phone calls to ensure the safety and well-being of seniors living alone.
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Friendly Visiting
Case/Care Management
Telephone Reassurance
Provides free telephone reassurance and community support for older adults, people with disabilities, and those who are lonely, living alone, or feeling isolated from their community. Volunteers provide a friendly hello, as well as assess the well-being of the client, and will call an emergency contact person if a perceived emergency exists.
Provides free telephone reassurance and community support for older adults, people with disabilities, and those who are lonely, living alone, or feeling isolated from their community. Volunteers provide a friendly hello, as well as assess the well-being of the client, and will call an emergency contact person if a perceived emergency exists.
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General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
Talklines/Warmlines
Telephone Reassurance
Offers a program where volunteers make pre-arranged, regularly schedule calls to clients. Calls are made as safety checks and for daily greetings. Emergency contacts are called if the caller does not answer.
Offers a program where volunteers make pre-arranged, regularly schedule calls to clients. Calls are made as safety checks and for daily greetings. Emergency contacts are called if the caller does not answer.
Offers seniors citizens a free consultation by a certified gerontological nurse on methods for staying well, staying safe at home (assessments available), and managaing illness and medication.
Offers seniors citizens a free consultation by a certified gerontological nurse on methods for staying well, staying safe at home (assessments available), and managaing illness and medication.
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Security Evaluations
Telephone Reassurance
Prescription Medication Monitoring Systems
General Medical Care