When it comes to elderly care, Thousand Oaks, CA is just the beginning. Home Instead strives to make life better for seniors in every community, not only in the communities where we operate. That is why Home Instead has developed a number of charitable initiatives through the Ready to Care® program. The goal is to inspire acts of kindness that combat the struggles of aging such as financial problems, depression and loneliness. For more than 25 years, Home Instead has been giving back and inspiring others to do the same. Of course, we strive to make life better for seniors every day by offering compassionate and affordable care services. Thousand Oaks, CA families aren’t the only ones who deserve top-notch senior care, though. Home Instead’s Ready to Care initiatives have made it possible to serve more than 1.5 million seniors, organize more than 80,000 volunteers, distribute nearly $5 million in donations to needy seniors, and deliver more than 2 million holiday gifts to seniors across the nation and beyond. Keep reading to learn more about how you can help.
Help Seniors in the Thousand Oaks Area
If you are ready to serve, but unsure where to start, then log onto ReadyToCare.com each week and follow the link for new kindness ideas or sign up to receive ideas by text message each week. Some recent kindness ideas included finding a senior who needs help in your community, starting a friendship with a senior who lives alone nearby, and sharing reading materials with seniors in your area. You’d be surprised how impactful it can be to provide the simple act of elderly companion care. Thousand Oaks, CA seniors also have many interesting stories to tell, so it is a rewarding experience to make a senior friend.
Start Writing to a Senior Pen Pal
Social isolation is one of the biggest problems for seniors in today’s fast-paced world. That is why Ready to Care has developed a senior pen pal program. We combat loneliness by matching up pen pals like you with seniors who live alone. Simply fill out an online form on ReadyToCare.com or upload a handwritten letter to get started. You don’t even need to buy stamps or go to the post office. Volunteers screen letters for safety then send them off to seniors in need of companionship. Once you get started, you can continue to stay in touch via email or traditional mail – it’s up to you and your pen pal.
Donate Today to Help a Senior in Need
Approximately one in seven elderly Americans live in poverty. It doesn’t have to be this way, though. Numerous nonprofit organizations are doing the important work of combating poverty among the senior population. The Home Instead Foundation has been partnering with some of the best charitable programs since 2003 to put generous donations from people like you to good use. So far the Home Instead Foundation has helped more than 1.5 million seniors and there’s no end in sight to this charitable mission.
While your local Home Instead team is busy providing compassionate and personal care for elderly Thousand Oaks, CA residents, the Ready to Care team is busy helping seniors across the nation and beyond. There are many ways to get involved with helping seniors in your local community and across the world and there’s no time like the present to get started!
