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Friendly Visiting
City of Cambridge
Category: Friendly Visiting
Target Population: Adults, Seniors, Socially Isolated
Covid19 Update-All currently taking referrals for in person visit with waitlist
Service Details
Description:

A free Community Support Service providing social and recreational activities in the client's home. The service matches the socially isolated senior or adult with a physical disability with a trained volunteer for regularly scheduled visits which may occur once per week.



This service brings the community to the client when health or age limit their ablility to attend social or recreation programs in community settings. Social and recreational activites are agreed to between the client and the volunteer.



Personal care or health care support is NOT provided by the Visiting Volunteers. This service is stricly a social/recreational program.



Clients are matched with screened and police checked volunteers who have similar interests and personal attributes which meet client preferences


Languages: English
Cost to Client:
$0
Service Options:
Friendly Visiting Without Walls program
Eligibility Criteria
Other Criteria:
Minimum Age: 18 yrs
Criteria:
Seniors or adults 18+ with a disability. Individuals living in Retirement Homes are eligible to be matched. Indiviudals living in Long term Care settings are not eligible as social recreational programming and volunteer visitors are arranged and provided by the home's Activation Recreation department.
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