BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Council on Getting older of Central Oregon is in search of volunteers considering serving to assist seniors. We’d like Meals on Wheels drivers in Bend and people considering serving to us join volunteers with remoted tri-county seniors over the cellphone in our Caring Connections program.
Our Meals on Wheels program enhances the standard of lifetime of home-bound people by offering home-delivered nutritious meals, private contact, and associated providers. It provides vitamin threat screening, vitamin schooling and nutritious meals for individuals 60+ who’re homebound due to sickness, incapacity, incapacity, and lack of household assist.
“Volunteers play such an essential position on the Council on Getting older. At present, we’re on the lookout for caring, compassionate volunteers to assist us join with native seniors in want,” mentioned Susan Rotella, Government Director of the Council on Getting older. “We couldn’t do what we do with out the various devoted volunteers serving to preserve our packages operating in Central Oregon – they’re the guts of our company.”
Our Caring Connections program matches volunteers with seniors who would admire a weekly cellphone name and camaraderie. The particular relationship that may develop between a consumer and a volunteer permits the consumer to have larger social interplay to keep up wholesome, unbiased dwelling. Volunteers will be from any city in Central Oregon, and this position will be performed from the consolation of residence!
We welcome anybody 18+ to assist us fill these important roles:
- Caring Connections Telephone Volunteers: We offer coaching, have a simple to make use of cellphone app to assist volunteers join with their senior. Your easy weekly cellphone calls imply the world to seniors who don’t get common contact with others. For some seniors, it’s possible you’ll be the one individual they speak with that day and you’ll assist cut back their emotions of social isolation.
- Meals on Wheels Drivers: We have now a number of open positions to assist ship meals and a welcome smile to home-bound older adults in Bend. A weekly dedication for someday throughout the week is requested. We’re in search of assist for any day of the week, and meal deliveries can occur anytime between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. We’re following strict COVID-19 security protocols, and all volunteers should be totally vaccinated.
“We really feel like we’ve turn into buddies. Roberta has simply been pleasant to speak to, and we discovered so much in widespread and but plenty of variations. Nevertheless it’s good to share and study issues from different individuals,” acknowledged Joan, a Caring Connections participant.
In case you are considering volunteering for these essential roles on the Council on Getting older, please contact Marianne McClure at mmcclure@councilonaging.org or name her at 541.527.0541. She’d love to listen to from you!
For extra details about assets for older adults and their unpaid caregivers, name the Council on Getting older at (541) 678-5483, go to the Council on Getting older web site at www.councilonaging.org, and comply with the Council on Getting older’s Fb web page at www.facebook.com/CouncilOnAgingOfCentralOregon.
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About the Council on Aging of Central Oregon
Since 1975, the Council on Getting older has served because the designated Space Company on Getting older for Deschutes, Criminal, and Jefferson counties, providing adults aged 60 and older and their family members a variety of assist providers. A non-profit group, the Council on Getting older advocates for, empowers, and guides older adults and their family members to dwell with independence and well-being in age-friendly communities — locations the place infrastructure, insurance policies, and practices are developed to make the group livable, accessible, and conscious of the wants of individuals of all ages, particularly older adults.
Telephone: (541) 678-5483
Web site: www.councilonaging.org
Fb: www.facebook.com/CouncilOnAgingOfCentralOregon
