Delaware County Legacy Corps is a free community based program that provides respite to caregiver households, and helps care recipients remain independent for as long as possible. Legacy Corp volunteers can spend time with a care recipient while providing the opportunity for the caregiver to run personal errands, go to appointments, or even to just have free time for themselves. Caregiving can be a stressful and isolating process, so a much needed break could be in order. Volunteers can help by taking a recipient to an appointment, preparing a meal, or spending time socializing with your loved one.
Our Services: We Receive and Coordinate Referrals to Caregiver Households. The Program is a Free, Community-Based Program Established to Assist Caregivers in what can Sometimes be an Arduous Task in Caring for a Loved One. This Program Also Helps to Provide the Care-Recipient the Opportunity to Remain as Independent and in their Homes as Long as it is Feasible. We will be Happy to Answer any of your Questions.
To Become a Legacy Volunteer
You can Become a Legacy Volunteer Simply by Giving us a Call with Interest in Helping Others.
Volunteers Receive on-going Training in Subjects that Concern and Interest them, Staff and Peer Interaction and Support, and an Opportunity to be Certified in CPR/AED Procedures Every 2 Years (Not Mandatory but Recommended).
Sharing the Caregiving may Include as- Assisting Caregivers in the Following Ways:
- Run errands, Assist with Grocery and Personal Shopping or Pick up Prescriptions.
- Provide Transportation to and From Essential Services and Appointments.
- Plan a Regular Phone or Home Visit to Provide Friendly and Supportive Listening.
- Prepare and Deliver a Weekly Meal or Treat.
- Perform General Yard and Garden Care, or Light Housekeeping Assistance.
- Enjoy and Outing Together, Promoting Wellness Through a Recreational Activity.
- Visit with the Care-Recipient to Free the Caregiver and Provide Respite.
- Share your Personal Caregiving Experience so others can Benefit from your Knowledge.
You can Become a Legacy Volunteer Simply by Giving us a Call with Interest in Helping Others.
Volunteers Receive on-going Training in Subjects that Concern and Interest them, Staff and Peer Interaction and Support, and an Opportunity to be Certified in CPR/AED Procedures Every 2 Years (Not Mandatory but Recommended).
Sharing the Caregiving may Include as- Assisting Caregivers in the Following Ways:
- Run errands, Assist with Grocery and Personal Shopping or Pick up Prescriptions.
- Provide Transportation to and From Essential Services and Appointments.
- Plan a Regular Phone or Home Visit to Provide Friendly and Supportive Listening.
- Prepare and Deliver a Weekly Meal or Treat.
- Perform General Yard and Garden Care, or Light Housekeeping Assistance.
- Enjoy and Outing Together, Promoting Wellness Through a Recreational Activity.
- Visit with the Care-Recipient to Free the Caregiver and Provide Respite.
- Share your Personal Caregiving Experience so others can Benefit from your Knowledge.
TCARE Screen
Do you provide unpaid care to a family member, friend, or neighbor who has an illness, disability, memory loss, injury, or special need? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are a caregiver! Are you feeling overwhelmed, constantly worried, tired, sad, easily irritated, and/or extremely stressed? You are not alone and there is support available. If you would like to learn more about resources, tools, and supports available for caregivers, please answer the following questions to get connected to the right starting place.
1. Are you over the age of 18 and caring for an older adult (age 60+)?
2. Are you over the age of 18 caring for an individual (any age) with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder (e.g., dementia, traumatic brain injury, mild cognitive impairment, chronic traumatic encephalopathy)?
3. Are you over the age of 55 and living with and caring for a child (not biological) under the age of 18?
4. Are you over the age of 55 and living with and caring for an adult (can be a biological child) aged 18-59 with a disability?
If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you are eligible for the National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP). If you would like to learn more about how this program can assist you, please take this short screen Delaware County TCARE Screen [A1] for an initial assessment of your wellbeing, and a Program Specialist will reach out to discuss the results. The evidence-based screener asks you to reflect on your experiences and respond to a series of statements based on identified rating scales in each section. This screener is used to help you and the Program Specialist better understand your situation and define an individualized plan to meet your unique caregiving needs.
If you answered no to all the questions above, or you are not interested in taking the evidence-based screen, there is still help available to you through the Any Care Counts - New York (ACC-NY) Campaign which recognizes and supports the millions of unpaid caregivers across the state! Through ACC-NY you can discover your caregiver intensity score by taking the ARCHANGELS Caregiver Intensity Index (CII). It takes just 2 minutes to complete. You will find out whether you are “in the red," "yellow" or "green," and be connected to trusted resources.
Do you prefer to search resources on your own? Visit the NY Connects Resource Directory. NY Connects links individuals of all ages and their caregivers to long term services and supports and provides one stop access to free, objective, comprehensive information and assistance.
Our Legacy Corps of Volunteers offer respite for the caregiver and afford our senior populous the ability to enjoy their independence as long as possible. The volunteer offers a variety of services in meeting this goal. They might transport the care recipient to a doctor or physical therapy appointment, take them grocery shopping, assist in doing errands, make a meal, offer light housekeeping or just offer socialization to that special person. They may read to them, work a jigsaw puzzle, listen to music, or visit over the family album. This all assists the caregiver by giving them a little free time or time to do the things they need to do for themselves.
We are excited to announce our partnership with organizations like the Heart of the Catskill Humane Society (HCHS) to make pets available for foster care to those lonely at heart. We anticipate a program in the summer months with the ARC of Delaware County to offer more socialization for shut-ins and the ARC consumers by going to the park and musical events (just to name a couple) with the use of their handicap accessible vehicles. In the fall we hope to kick off the "Adopt a Grandparent" program for students of the communities high schools who will visit with our seniors and do some tasks around the home such as gardening or snow shoveling which would offer them an opportunity to get to know their "grandparent".
The Legacy Corps is a Title III-E program for caregivers. We offer our volunteers $0.20 per mile to assist in deferring the cost of gas. We also provide a monthly training on subjects such as Alzheimer's disease, proper ways to lift, health care issues like high blood pressure and cholesterol, CPR and AED training, mental health disorders, understanding Medicare Part D and supplemental insurance and a gamut of others. A monthly issue of the Legacy Corps newsletter is circulated to our volunteer advisory board, and all the caregivers we serve.
Do you provide unpaid care to a family member, friend, or neighbor who has an illness, disability, memory loss, injury, or special need? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are a caregiver! Are you feeling overwhelmed, constantly worried, tired, sad, easily irritated, and/or extremely stressed? You are not alone and there is support available. If you would like to learn more about resources, tools, and supports available for caregivers, please answer the following questions to get connected to the right starting place.
1. Are you over the age of 18 and caring for an older adult (age 60+)?
2. Are you over the age of 18 caring for an individual (any age) with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder (e.g., dementia, traumatic brain injury, mild cognitive impairment, chronic traumatic encephalopathy)?
3. Are you over the age of 55 and living with and caring for a child (not biological) under the age of 18?
4. Are you over the age of 55 and living with and caring for an adult (can be a biological child) aged 18-59 with a disability?
If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you are eligible for the National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP). If you would like to learn more about how this program can assist you, please take this short screen Delaware County TCARE Screen [A1] for an initial assessment of your wellbeing, and a Program Specialist will reach out to discuss the results. The evidence-based screener asks you to reflect on your experiences and respond to a series of statements based on identified rating scales in each section. This screener is used to help you and the Program Specialist better understand your situation and define an individualized plan to meet your unique caregiving needs.
If you answered no to all the questions above, or you are not interested in taking the evidence-based screen, there is still help available to you through the Any Care Counts - New York (ACC-NY) Campaign which recognizes and supports the millions of unpaid caregivers across the state! Through ACC-NY you can discover your caregiver intensity score by taking the ARCHANGELS Caregiver Intensity Index (CII). It takes just 2 minutes to complete. You will find out whether you are “in the red," "yellow" or "green," and be connected to trusted resources.
Do you prefer to search resources on your own? Visit the NY Connects Resource Directory. NY Connects links individuals of all ages and their caregivers to long term services and supports and provides one stop access to free, objective, comprehensive information and assistance.
Our Legacy Corps of Volunteers offer respite for the caregiver and afford our senior populous the ability to enjoy their independence as long as possible. The volunteer offers a variety of services in meeting this goal. They might transport the care recipient to a doctor or physical therapy appointment, take them grocery shopping, assist in doing errands, make a meal, offer light housekeeping or just offer socialization to that special person. They may read to them, work a jigsaw puzzle, listen to music, or visit over the family album. This all assists the caregiver by giving them a little free time or time to do the things they need to do for themselves.
We are excited to announce our partnership with organizations like the Heart of the Catskill Humane Society (HCHS) to make pets available for foster care to those lonely at heart. We anticipate a program in the summer months with the ARC of Delaware County to offer more socialization for shut-ins and the ARC consumers by going to the park and musical events (just to name a couple) with the use of their handicap accessible vehicles. In the fall we hope to kick off the "Adopt a Grandparent" program for students of the communities high schools who will visit with our seniors and do some tasks around the home such as gardening or snow shoveling which would offer them an opportunity to get to know their "grandparent".
The Legacy Corps is a Title III-E program for caregivers. We offer our volunteers $0.20 per mile to assist in deferring the cost of gas. We also provide a monthly training on subjects such as Alzheimer's disease, proper ways to lift, health care issues like high blood pressure and cholesterol, CPR and AED training, mental health disorders, understanding Medicare Part D and supplemental insurance and a gamut of others. A monthly issue of the Legacy Corps newsletter is circulated to our volunteer advisory board, and all the caregivers we serve.
No Act Of Kindness, No Matter How Small, Is Ever Wasted. -Aesop