Senior Companion Services
Senior Companions assist by:
- Providing encouragement, grief support, reality orientation and awareness
- Assisting with reading, writing letters, making phone calls, helping with correspondence and paying bills
- Accompanying and assisting with grocery shopping and running errands
- Helping to arrange for or providing transportation assistance to and from appointments
- Monitoring medication
- Assisting with meal planning and preparation
- Helping with light household chores such as washing dishes, making beds, laundry or emptying trash
- Encouraging and assisting with grooming, hair care and dressing as needed
- Providing respite care for family caregivers
** This list is not all-inclusive
Companions are not permitted to perform heavy housekeeping functions or services involving medical knowledge or attendant care.
Areas Served
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- Barton
- Ellis
- Ford
- Gove
- Graham
- Hodgeman
- Logan
- Ness
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- Osborne
- Pawnee
- Phillips
- Rooks
- Rush
- Russell
- Shawnee
- Trego
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Corporation for National and Community Service
National Senior Corps AssociationNorthwest Kansas Area Agency on Aging
Southwest Kansas Area Agency on Aging
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services