Senior Companions Home Care

Senior Companions are older adult volunteers who help their peers live independently by assisting with necessary daily tasks in their homes. These may include:

• reminding them when to take medications
• encouraging them to remain active
• providing contact with the outside world
• providing information concerning services available in the community
• giving some free time to primary caregivers

These services are provided at no cost to the client. In return for their service, Senior Companion volunteers receive on-going training, supplemental insurance, reimbursement for transportation costs, a small, non-taxable, non-reportable stipend and the joy of helping others live on their own in their own homes.

Senior Companions must be 60 years of age or older, able to commit to 20 hours per week of volunteer service, have a fixed and/or limited income and enjoy helping others. They become part of a team of caregivers that can alert doctors and family members to new or potential health problems. But more importantly, they give a human, caring touch to a life that could otherwise be isolated from the outside world.

Senior Companions are available in Madison, Monroe, Randolph, Bond and St. Clair Counties in Southern Illinois.

For more information on the Senior Companion Program, please contact our office at PSOP, 618-234-4410 extension 7028 or e-mail us at: sharon.hamilton@swic.edu