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Americans are living longer than ever before. More older adults will need long-term care, but prefer to live at home rather than in a nursing home or hospital.

Senior Companions spend 15 to 20 hours each week giving one-on-one attention to adults having difficulty with daily living tasks.

Senior Companions provide the assistance many older adults may need in order to live independently.

A Senior Companion may go along to help with grocery shopping or for a walk. They may spend time helping to write a letter, prepare a meal or pay a bill. Senior Companions make the lives of those they serve less lonely by offering simple friendship and a helping hand.

Interested?

To be a Senior Companion, you must:

• be at least 60 years old
• successfully complete our pre-service training and a police history check
• be income eligible
• enjoy spending time with other older adults

For your service, you will receive:

• 40 hours of paid pre-service training and monthly inservice training
• a tax-free stipend which will not affect other benefits
• mileage reimbursement to and from service
• a nutritious meal each day of service
• an annual physical examination
• excess accident and liability insurance

"It's so nice to be helped by my friend, someone who really wants to be there with me...I'm not so depressed anymore."

- Client

"I don't know what you've done to my mother, but it's such a wonderful improvement. She's been getting out of the house for the first time in years. If it weren't for her Senior Companion, my mother would definitely be in a nursing home."

- Daughter of a Client

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Please call for more information and for training dates:

Senior Volunteer Programs
2900 Lakeview Avenue
St. Joseph, MI 49085
(269) 983-7058
Toll-free: 1-877-660-2725

A program from:
Region IV Area Agency on Aging and the Senior Volunteer Programs.

With funding from Strong Families/Safe Children and
the Berrien Community Foundation