Caregiver Respite

The Volunteer Companion Program is an in-home support service that uses trained volunteers to provide respite for care providers of someone in the early to middle stages of Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia.

Volunteers offer approximately two hours of friendly visiting each week on a regular basis. This program is offered free of charge. The same volunteer visits each week so that over time the volunteer and the person with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia develop a trusting friendship.

Trained volunteers offer weekly companion visits with the person diagnosed with dementia.  If interested in this volunteer opportunity, please email our Volunteer Coordinator for more information.

Please call the Alzheimer Society to learn more about this program (519) 742-1422.