Community Care Giving Circle


Community Caregiver Circle – Volunteers and staff provide supplemental social, home management and caregiver support to older adults 65 years of age and older and their primary caregivers.

  • Social Support– Volunteers may provide ongoing senior companionship, occasional friendly visits/safety checks, and/or telephone contact to older adults with little or no social support.
  • Home Management Support – Volunteers may provide occasional assistance with light house-keeping, yard work, and/or minor home repair/maintenance for older adults who are unable to perform these tasks and have no one willing and/or able to perform them.
  • Transportation Support – Volunteers may provide limited transport for Senior Companion Program participants to medical appointment or essential shopping trips, escort for participants using public transportation, and/or run errands.
  • Caregiver Support – Volunteers may provide occasional respite for primary caregivers of Senior Companion Program participants. Staff provides caregiver training/workshops and sponsors caregiver support groups.

To Volunteer, please fill out this form.

Cumberland County Council on Older Adults was established in 1968 as a non-profit organization and fifty-five years later we remain committed to our original mission of helping older adults living in Cumberland County maintain their independence at home with dignity.

 

339 Devers Street
Fayetteville, NC  28303
Telephone:(910) 484-0111
Fax: (910) 484-0627