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Senior volunteers telephone senior citizens living alone, to make sure they are safe. Call for further information and to register.

Senior volunteers telephone senior citizens living alone, to make sure they are safe. Call for further information and to register.

This program provides an evaluation team to assess health and social needs of senior citizens and then recommendations are made for obtaining necessary services. Coordination of services with a physician is made if applicable, along with community service resources. Includes Mall Walkers exercise program at the Galleria, medication awareness program, help in accessing community information and help with filing insurance claims. Also offers caregivers support groups, emergency response devices and telephone reassurance.

Offers transportation by volunteers and trained volunteers to accompany seniors to doctor visits. Offers an array of social programs. Offers references to other supportive organizations in the community.

Offers transportation by volunteers and trained volunteers to accompany seniors to doctor visits. Offers an array of social programs. Offers references to other supportive organizations in the community.

Provides telephone calls to community members who are homebound or physically isolated who are suffering from psychological or emotional problems or who require a support system. Persons called can be self-referred or referred by physician, psychiatrist, mental health center, case manager, health care provider, or hotline counselor. Also provides therapist referrals and a referral service.

Provides information about available resources to senior citizens, family members and caregivers. Also provides a community gathering place that offers programs to help maximize independence and quality of life. Call for more information.

Offers a daily wellness phone call to seniors who may be homebound, ill or disabled, to make sure they are doing okay. If the call is not answered, when expected, someone is sent to their home to make sure they are okay.

Matches volunteers with homebound seniors for weekly supportive phone calls. Telephone calls on a regular basis to ensure seniors their good health and safety, and to reassure them that help is available if and when they need it.

Provides seniors an opportunity to call and check-in with someone to assure them of their safety.

Also known as the Are You OK Program, this is a collaborative effort between the Office for the Aging and the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department in which the Sheriff's Department maintains a computerized system to contact elderly or disabled people at prearranged times. When there is no response, the Sheriff's Department notifies a designated contact person to check on the individual. Clients can arrange to cancel the call on a particular day in the event that they won't be home or the contact person won't be available.

Matches volunteers with homebound seniors for weekly supportive phone calls. Telephone calls on a regular basis to ensure seniors their good health and safety, and to reassure them that help is available if and when they need it.

Provides daily phone calls by senior volunteers to homebound seniors who would benefit from the socialization and the monitoring of their well being.

Offered through the Dutchess County Sheriff's Department, in connection with DCOFA, this is a computerized telephone program where homebound individuals or frail elderly are called daily to make sure they are okay. if there is no response, when expected, the police are sent to check on them.m.

Matches volunteers with homebound seniors for weekly supportive phone calls. Telephone calls on a regular basis to ensure seniors their good health and safety, and to reassure them that help is available if and when they need it.

Offers computerized calling system which calls homebound or frail elderly individuals in the community everyday to make sure they are okay. If the phone is not answered the computer notifies the police and a patrol car is dispatched to check on the individual.

Offered through the Dutchess County Sheriff's Department, in connection with DCOFA, this is a computerized telephone program where homebound individuals or frail elderly are called daily to make sure they are okay. if there is no response, when expected, the police are sent to check on them.m.

Provides a daily electronic phone call check-in to individuals who are isolated, homebound, and/or otherwise vulnerable.

Matches volunteers with homebound seniors for weekly supportive phone calls. Telephone calls on a regular basis to ensure seniors their good health and safety, and to reassure them that help is available if and when they need it.

Provides a Citizen Assistance Registry to place important medical information that can be located easily in case of an emergency. Also provides daily computerized telephone calls to those living alone or homebound in the community, and if the phone is not answered, a police car is dispatched to check on the individual. May also register for this with the police department, a collaborative program.

This program provides an evaluation team to assess health and social needs of senior citizens and then recommendations are made for obtaining necessary services. Coordination of services with a physician is made if applicable, along with community service resources. Includes Mall Walkers exercise program at the Galleria, medication awareness program, help in accessing community information and help with filing insurance claims. Also offers caregivers support groups, emergency response devices and telephone reassurance.

Brings together older adults and volunteers of all ages to share experiences, stories and laughter through friendly conversation. Beyond building meaningful connections, programs staff provide the following services to participants: daily cost-free calls 365 days a year, safety and wellness checks, access to resources and education, an on-call chaplain for spiritual support, and access to support groups. The program was created for seniors and disabled adults, but everyone is eligible.

Volunteers call and check in and lend a friendly voice to a person who is lonely.