Thursday, January 15, 2009

Seniors Helping Seniors

Seniors Helping Seniors started in 1998 with a simple concept that seniors can help each other age better and that those who give and those who receive equally benefit. As an innovative, intra-generational companion services that functions exclusively with and for seniors, we provide:
  • An experienced and credible resource of help for older adults who want to stay in their own homes
  • Full-range of home care, companion and home maintenance support services from seniors who enjoy helping
  • Reasonable hourly rates for seniors who want services and reasonable hourly wages to seniors who provide them

What we do
At Seniors Helping Seniors we match seniors who want to provide services with seniors who are looking for help. And what we find is that these relationships are always mutual. It doesn't really matter who is the helper and who is being helped. Who is getting paid and who is paying. How we respond with respect, understanding and assistance is really what matters. Why not Love?® asks us to bring the best part of ourselves to each relationship, responding with love, nurturing that love and promoting our relationships through that love. And the result is The Power of Love™ — the gifts we receive from living our lives with love as our guiding principle. Gifts of joy, peace, happiness and fulfillment — all of which helps us grow in strength and kindness just a little bit more every day.

Who we are
Seniors Helping Seniors was co-founded by Kiran and Philip Yocom to provide seniors with the ability to choose an independent lifestyle in their own homes, for as long as possible, with the dignity and respect they deserve by finding caring seniors to help each other.

Seniors Helping Seniors was created from Kiran's personal mission to care for those who are unable to care for themselves. Before coming to the United States from India, Kiran worked with Mother Teresa for 14 years. Currently, Kiran serves as our organization's Executive Director, and Philip as the President of our Board of Directors.

How we've grown
Since 1998, we have grown from our first match to working with hundreds of helpers and clients. We've continued to expand our geography from Reading to the surrounding counties. We've expanded the training for our helpers. And we've grown the kinds of services we offer in response to the needs of our clients.

We plan to grow even more. We're beginning to open Seniors Helping Seniors Centers in different parts of the area and to license them. If you're interested in learning more about the opportunities for you to participate and Start a Center, click here.


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Sunday, January 11, 2009

New Years Resalutions
Name your top ten .
1> Lose Weight
2> manage your Finances
3> Keep in touch with Family
4> Relax more
5> Maintain my health
6> gain more computer knowledge
7> Stop Smoking
8> Travel More
9> meet and make new friends
10>To remember the first nine

Any comments add yours or Give some feed back?