- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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16 people are interested
Help a Senior with a Safety Check
ORGANIZATION: Wesley Family Services-Older Adult Services
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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16 people are interested
Safety for Seniors seeks volunteers to conduct in-home safety assessments and educate older adults about fire and fall prevention. After participating in a short training session, volunteers work together in pairs to inspect seniors' homes room by room, make safety recommendations, and distribute kits of free safety supplies.
Safety checks can be scheduled at individual volunteers' convenience. Additionally, Safety for Seniors can host service projects for groups of 10 or more.
More opportunities with Wesley Family Services-Older Adult Services
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Wesley Family Services-Older Adult Services
Location:
221 Penn Avenue, Wilkinsburg, PA 15221, US
Mission Statement
In Service of Seniors: Pittsburgh (ISOS) and Open Your Heart to a Senior in Westmoreland County are programs of Wesley Family Services with a mission to maximize the independence of older adults in Allegheny County and Westmoreland County through practical volunteer-based supports.
Description
In Service of Seniors: Pittsburgh and Open Your Heart to a Senior (OYHS) are part of an initiative of the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Seniors who need some extra support to live independently at home and feel connected to their community are matched with volunteers in their neighborhood.
Volunteers are able to have flexible/self-service scheduling which allows volunteers to view and select activities that they would like to do. Some of the activities available are grocery shopping for or with an older adult, providing rides to appointments, friendly visiting, helping a senior with low vision read their mail, and more! Some of our opportunities are suspended at this time due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Please contact us for a current list of available opportunities.
In Allegheny County, we also offer Medicare counseling through our APPRISE program and home safety checks for seniors through the Safety for Seniors program.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Greater Pittsburgh AreaPittsburgh, PA 15206
DATE POSTED
June 14, 2020
SKILLS
- Community Outreach
- People Skills
- Occupational Therapy
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 16
- Orientation or Training
- Time commitment of 5 hours, which includes orientation. Each visit takes approximately 1.5 hours.
- Personal vehicle is desirable but not required