Neighbors In Action

Adult Companion Services

333 Main St, La Crescent, MN, 55947

Distance: 1021 Miles

(507) 895-8123

https://www.neighborsinaction.net/volunteerservices

Description

Adult companion services are non-medical social support services for older adults who need supervision, care, or assistance.

Additional Information

Volunteers provide friendly visiting and can be scheduled weekly, bi-weekly, or sporadically.
- May include walks, doing puzzles, playing games or simply spending time with an individual

If more than two hours per week of service is needed, the Care Partner staffed service may be able to assist.

About This Location

When a person is on Elderly Waiver (EW) or Alternative Care (AC), adult companion services could include:

Assist or supervise the person with:
* Laundry
* Light housekeeping tasks
* Meal preparation
* Shopping

* Supervision
* Socialization
* Verbal instructions or cues to the person to help them complete a task

Adult companion services can be delivered through remote support.

Learn more about this service when paid for under the waivers in the Community-Based Services Manual.

If you have Elderly Waiver (EW) or Alternative Care (AC) funding, the service plan (based on an assessment of your needs) determines which services are funded through your waiver.

Features

Area Served by County
- Houston County
Payment
- Alternative Care Waiver (AC)
- Elderly Waiver (EW)
- Sliding fee scale
Specialization
- African American Community
- LGBTQ Community
- Older adults
- Veteran

Fees

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Sliding fee scale based on income. No one will be turned away due to inability to pay.

Area Served

Houston County

Websites

https://www.neighborsinaction.net/volunteerservices

https://www.neighborsinaction.net

Phone Numbers

Type	Number	Hours
Main	(507) 895-8123

Last Update

1/17/2025

Other Locations

This provider does not offer this service at other locations.

Other Services or resources

Taxonomy Terms Used. Clicking a taxonomy term from the list below launches a new search.: Clicking a taxonomy term from the list below launches a new search.

ND-9200.8000-800Senior Companion Program Definition

Programs that provide part-time opportunities for low-income individuals age 60 and older to serve one-on-one with frail elderly and other homebound persons who have difficulty completing everyday tasks. They assist with grocery shopping, bill paying, and transportation to medical appointments, and alert doctors and family members to potential problems. Senior Companions also provide short periods of relief to primary caregivers. Senior companions receive a modest tax-free stipend for their work as well as reimbursement for transportation, annual physical examinations, meals, and accident and liability insurance during service. Local nonprofit organizations and public agencies receive grants to sponsor and operate Senior Companion projects. The Senior Companion Program is part of Senior Corps, a network of programs administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
PH-1400.1900-230Friendly Visiting Definition

Programs that use "friendly visitors" (usually volunteers but also paid hourly companions) to call on people who are hospitalized or in another institutional setting, who are homebound or socially isolated due to disability or old age, or otherwise lack companionship with the objective of brightening their day and helping them to maintain contact with the outside world by reading, talking, listening, writing letters or performing other similar tasks.
PH-1400.5000-050Adult Mentoring Programs Definition

Programs that provide companionship, guidance and/or role models for adults who are disadvantaged because of age, income, physical or developmental disability or other personal problems and who need friendship and support to improve their personal and social functioning.
YB-8000Older Adults Definition

Individuals who are age 50, 55, 60, 62 or 65 or older depending on the minimum age for qualifying as an older adult which varies by program.
YH-6000.0250African American Community Definition

Americans of Black African descent who identify themselves as African American through a common cultural heritage and experience.
YN-9000Veterans Definition

Individuals who are former members of one of the branches of the armed forces and who, by length and type of services, honorable discharge or release or degree of disability, qualify for the benefits and privileges that are provided by law for ex-servicemen and women.
YT-2400LGBTQ2+ Individuals Definition

People who identify as part of the gender and sexually expansive community that includes people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, queer, pansexual, intersex, asexual, bigender, genderqueer, third gender, pangender, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, agender or allied, or who are in the process of coming out or questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity.