Caregiver Volunteers Of Central Jersey A Faith In Action Program

Cvcj's next major request for help comes from the elderly who can no longer grocery shop for themselves. This can be due to their inability to drive to the supermarket and/or their limited physical mobility and ability to navigate grocery store aisles and carrying bags. By providing volunteers to grocery shop we are providing another essential service which enables frail, elderly to remain independent in their own homes. We are also providing much needed contact with a caring volunteer which connects the senior citizen to additional resources.

Cvcj volunteers also provides respite care to caregivers living at home with a disabled family member or loved one or an individual with dementia. This non-medical respite allows the burdened caregiver to tend to their own medical or personal needs which often gets ignored during this stressful period in their lives. As in all the services we provide, we also link the families we assist with other resources available and delay placement in long-term care facilities.