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Jewish Home Lifecare - Community Services
Basic Information
Address: 404 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor (entrance on West 37th Street)
New York, NY 10018
Phone Number: 212 273-2500
Fax Number: 212 736-1149
Director: Bridget Gallagher, Senior Vice President
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Additional Information
Causes Served: Aging population
Clearances Required: Yes
Population Served: The elderly
Ages for Volunteer: 14 and up
Hours of Service: 9am - 7pm
Minimum Hours Required: a minimun of one hour per week
Days of Service: Mondays through Sundays
Mission Statement:
We are passionate about the quality of aging. The services we provide support health, individuality and dignity. Our mission is lifecare.
Philosophy/Belief Statement:
Caring individual can spend a few hours each week making someone's life better.
Program History:
The Volunteer Support Program started in the Manhattan office of Long Term Home Health Care (LTHHC) in 2005 to mainly serve clients in Manhattan. This year 2009 the program spread to all sub-division of Community Services (Manhattan & the Bronx).
Events:
Annually volunteers are recognized for their services in the May. Ongoing monthly in-services workshops around topics of aging (ie, depression, elder abuse, anxiety) are offered to all volunteers.
Additional Information:
We are looking for caring people who can spend a few hours each week making someone’s life better.
Visit an senior at home,the adult day centers or NORCS (naturally occurring retirement) and enrich their lives through conversation, reading, playing chess or cards, or simply taking walks with them.
You can help them with small errands, visit with a trained dog or join our workshops on learning how to train seniors to use their home computers.
Volunteers are supported by a professional team of social workers and nurses and are invited to participate in our series of monthly seminars on the health care system, social policy issues and geriatrics.