Information to Share with Caregivers
About Locating Respite Resources in King County
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VII. Volunteer Organizations That Can Provide Respite-Related Services
Volunteer Chore Services/Catholic Community Services
Phone: Contact intake specialist at (425) 562-6850, 1 (888) 649-6850
Web Site: volunteerchore.catholiccharitiesseattlearch.org
E-Mail: vc@ccsww.org
Service Description: Volunteers provide chore services, housework, transportation, shopping, and yard work. There are individual volunteer assignments and also group projects for larger jobs. Program is sponsored by Catholic Community Services and
DSHS.
Eligibility: Low-income adults over 60 years old and/or adults with disabilities.
Faith in Action
Phone: (425) 391-2817
Web Site: http://www.providence.org/Long_Term_Care/Marianwood/e50Interfaith.htm
Service Description: Provide support, assistance, education, and referral for vulnerable and elderly through volunteers that provide socialization, transportation, shopping, errands, occasional meal preparation, light housekeeping, minor home repair and maintenance, and yard work.
Eligibility: All ages. Serves Greater Issaquah, Sammamish Plateau, & Snoqualmie Valley area only.
Senior Companion Program
Phone: (206) 329-0515
Service Description: Trained senior volunteers serve as companions to homebound older adults and individuals with disabilities who are at risk of institutionalization. Provides advocacy, ambulation, home management, personal assistance, protective supervision, transportation, companionship, and escort to appointments.
Eligibility: Older homebound adults. There is a waiting list for services in some locations.
Love In The Name of Christ
Phone: (206) 243-9464
Service Description: Volunteers assist with shopping, transportation, housework, minor home repair, budget counseling, filling out forms, yard work, companionship, and appliance repair. There is some very limited cash assistance.
Eligibility: All ages. Serves east and south King County only.
Contact your local faith communities to see if they have respite support. Family support programs at community centers may also be helpful for respite ideas. A community college or university may also have volunteer programs that can assist.
Call an information and assistance line such as the Senior Information and Assistance Line at (206) 448-3110 or the Community Information Line at (206) 461-3200 for phone numbers and to discuss volunteer
options.
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For more information about the Respite and Crisis Care Coalition of Washington
Contact Mary Jo Magruder at (206) 364-4645 x7010
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