CVCJ and Comfort Keepers Announce Exciting News

Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey and Comfort Keepers Announce Strategic Partnership Aimed At Reducing Loneliness

6/26/18- Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey is pleased to announce an exciting and innovative strategic partnership between their in-home visiting therapy dog program Caregiver Canines® and Comfort Keepers In Home Senior Care located in Shrewsbury, NJ.

Caregiver Canines® is a free program which matches seniors, those with dementia and their caregivers for weekly visits with therapy dogs and volunteers in the comfort of their own homes. These visits have been found to reduce loneliness and senior isolation and provide great health benefits to those visited.

Comfort Keepers provides compassionate, professional care to seniors and other adults in areas of Red Bank, Monmouth, and Northern Ocean County. Their trained caregivers offer a wide variety of services designed to help individuals live as independently as they wish, right in the comfort of their own home.

“With a similar commitment to helping our older community members remain independent we thought it would be a wonderful idea to partner with Comfort Keepers to match our volunteers and therapy dogs to their dog loving clients”, says Lynette Whiteman, CVCJ Executive Director. As we age, sometimes there are physical or financial barriers to owning your own dog and that brings a lot of heartache. I have witnessed firsthand how much happiness these weekly visits bring and how great friendships develop with our volunteers. We appreciate this opportunity to reach even more individuals and caregivers.

“I am excited to be supporting Caregiver Canines®. My company services seniors on a daily basis and we know first- hand about the effects of isolation of not only the patient but also the caregivers themselves. Many of our clients are no longer able to own and care for their own pets and Caregiver Canines® is able to fill this void. We are so lucky to be able to work with this wonderful organization”, says Jim Winn, owner of Comfort Keepers of Shrewsbury.

For more information about Caregiver Canines®, please call 732.505.2273 or visit www.caregivercanines.org. You can also find them on Facebook – Caregiver Canines®. For more information about Comfort Keepers call 732.530.3636 or visit www.comfortkeeperscom/centraljersey

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ABOUT CAREGIVER CANINES®

Caregiver Canines® began in 2009 as a service offered through the nonprofit organization, Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey. This unique Therapy Dog Program visits homebound seniors, veterans, the elderly disabled, individuals with dementia, and family caregivers to loved ones with chronic illness, right in their own homes. The Therapy Dog and handler teams are all volunteers whose weekly visits bring great joy to those who are lonely and love dogs, but are no longer able to care for a pet. All Caregiver Canines® therapy dog visits are provided free of charge to recipients. For more information about the program call 732-505-2273, visit www.CaregiverCanines.org or find us on Facebook @caregivercanines.

ABOUT COMFORT KEEPERS

Comfort Keepers’ passion is to provide loving, experienced care and support when you can't be there. We understand the physical and emotional challenges when an aging loved one requires extra help to remain in his or her own home. Comfort Keepers can ease the pressure on family and friends while providing reliable, expert in-home care. From nutritional meal preparation and grooming to light housekeeping and companionship, Comfort Keepers helps make our clients' lives brighter, safer, and more enjoyable — all from the comfort of home. For more information call 732-530-3636 or visit www.comfortkeepers.com/centraljersey