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Friendly Visitor

Generated from the delivery-benefits catalog. It lists what the owner record states. It is not an eligibility decision; confirm current rules with the program.

Volunteers provide social contact in weekly, one-hour visits to a client’s home.

  • Owner record: ny/allegany-county-friendly-visitor
  • Jurisdiction code: NY
  • Frame: care_recipient
  • Review by: 2026-11-23
  • Authority: Allegany County Office for the Aging

Offering 1: service

Volunteers provide social contact in weekly, one-hour visits to a client’s home.

  • Availability (owner codes): {"intake": "unknown", "type": "unknown"}

Conditions:

  • The owner record does not yet state this offering's conditions. Check them with the program.

Access route 1.1

  • Where: Allegany County Office for the Aging
  • How: Call the Allegany County Office for the Aging for information.
  • Phone: 585-268-9390

Owner confirmations

  • /offerings/0/access/0: sha256:17ca4942b371fd42e54b600205982b29bcf14fb756379ebbb1194a5672e5622c

Evidence

  • /name: "* Case Management \nDetermines the needs of the client and the family and helps them connect to services to individualized services.\n* Handyman \nOur volunteer handyman program provides free minor home repairs for the elderly. The client provides the material.\n* Housekeeper/Chore Services \nProvides help with housekeeping, shopping, errands, cooking and other chore related tasks.\n* Friendly Visitor \nVolunteers provide social contact in weekly, one-hour visits to a client’s home.\n* Personal Care Aide \nProvides help with bathing and other personal care needs.\n* Telephone Reassurance \nVolunteers provide phone calls to an elderly person at a specific time each day. The call assures the client that a friend and/or help is only a phone call away.\n* Caregiver Respite \nProvides information and assistance to people who are providing care to another. Respite services can provide a temporary break for caregiver’s that is much needed.\n* Meals on Wheels \nA hot meal designed to meet one third of the recommended dietary allowance is delivered to the home of those who are determined to be eligible to receive meals.\n* Personal Emergency Response system \nThis is an easy to use medical alert service designed to reduce the risk of living alone. In the event or a fall or emergency, help is available at the push of a button." (source, capture 9c1449279f6e0733de0491c3b980071fc7af89c34cb16dfd6e395d07293564c2)
  • /authority: "Allegany County Office for the Aging \ncall us toll-free at 866.268.9390 or 585.268.9390" (source, capture 9c1449279f6e0733de0491c3b980071fc7af89c34cb16dfd6e395d07293564c2)
  • /caregiving_effect: "* Case Management \nDetermines the needs of the client and the family and helps them connect to services to individualized services.\n* Handyman \nOur volunteer handyman program provides free minor home repairs for the elderly. The client provides the material.\n* Housekeeper/Chore Services \nProvides help with housekeeping, shopping, errands, cooking and other chore related tasks.\n* Friendly Visitor \nVolunteers provide social contact in weekly, one-hour visits to a client’s home.\n* Personal Care Aide \nProvides help with bathing and other personal care needs.\n* Telephone Reassurance \nVolunteers provide phone calls to an elderly person at a specific time each day. The call assures the client that a friend and/or help is only a phone call away.\n* Caregiver Respite \nProvides information and assistance to people who are providing care to another. Respite services can provide a temporary break for caregiver’s that is much needed.\n* Meals on Wheels \nA hot meal designed to meet one third of the recommended dietary allowance is delivered to the home of those who are determined to be eligible to receive meals.\n* Personal Emergency Response system \nThis is an easy to use medical alert service designed to reduce the risk of living alone. In the event or a fall or emergency, help is available at the push of a button." (source, capture 9c1449279f6e0733de0491c3b980071fc7af89c34cb16dfd6e395d07293564c2)
  • /offerings/0/summary: "* Case Management \nDetermines the needs of the client and the family and helps them connect to services to individualized services.\n* Handyman \nOur volunteer handyman program provides free minor home repairs for the elderly. The client provides the material.\n* Housekeeper/Chore Services \nProvides help with housekeeping, shopping, errands, cooking and other chore related tasks.\n* Friendly Visitor \nVolunteers provide social contact in weekly, one-hour visits to a client’s home.\n* Personal Care Aide \nProvides help with bathing and other personal care needs.\n* Telephone Reassurance \nVolunteers provide phone calls to an elderly person at a specific time each day. The call assures the client that a friend and/or help is only a phone call away.\n* Caregiver Respite \nProvides information and assistance to people who are providing care to another. Respite services can provide a temporary break for caregiver’s that is much needed.\n* Meals on Wheels \nA hot meal designed to meet one third of the recommended dietary allowance is delivered to the home of those who are determined to be eligible to receive meals.\n* Personal Emergency Response system \nThis is an easy to use medical alert service designed to reduce the risk of living alone. In the event or a fall or emergency, help is available at the push of a button." (source, capture 9c1449279f6e0733de0491c3b980071fc7af89c34cb16dfd6e395d07293564c2)
  • /offerings/0/access/0: "Allegany County Office for the Aging \ncall us toll-free at 866.268.9390 or 585.268.9390" (source, capture 9c1449279f6e0733de0491c3b980071fc7af89c34cb16dfd6e395d07293564c2)