senior companion Program

When you volunteer, you’re not just helping others-you’re helping yourself.  Volunteering leads to new discoveries and new friends.  Plus studies show that volunteering help you live longer and promote a positive outlook on life.  

Becoming a Senior Companion also provides tangible benefits:

  • Tax-free hourly stipend of $3.00 per hour, paid every two weeks
  • Travel reimbursement to cover the costs of travel
  • Meal allowance
  • Secondary insurance coveage
  • Ongoing professional supervision
  • Personal Leave
  • Holiday Leave
  • Bereavement Leave
  • Free monthly educational training on topics relating to older adults

Last year, 60 volunteers provided 33,514 hours of in-home services and respite care to 117 clients, saving families in Jefferson County $536,224.

 

Randle Fitts Family Album Spotlight Volunteer

As a Senior Companion, Randle visits a military veteran in his home twice a week to allow his wife a break to run errands. According to the veteran’s spouse Randle services are much needed because it gives her peace of mind knowing someone is at home with her husband...

Senior Companion’s Family Album Spotlight Volunteer LaVera McClain

Our heroes are unknown until their story is told.  This quarter our spotlight volunteer is Ms. LaVera McClain who has been a volunteering with the Senior Companion program for 7 months.  She is the mother of 4 children, grandmother of 16 and great grandmother of 4....

Senior Companion’s Family Album Spotlight Volunteer Deborah Perry

Each day our community grows stronger because of caring people like Deborah Perry who continue to do the right thing to meet the needs of others, regardless of the news and rules about the COVID-19 pandemic.   Deborah Perry has been with the Senior Companion...

Family Album Spotlight

Lillie Davis lives her life by the Golden Rule, to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. For more than 21 years, she has been a volunteer with the Senior Companion Program, serving more than 24,000 hours.  An Alabama native, Lillie graduated from R.B...

Reasonable Accommodations

Positive Maturity is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to volunteer applicants with disabilities, in accordance with federal and state laws. A reasonable accommodation enables a qualified individual with a disability equal opportunity to provide the same level of performance, enjoy equal benefits and receive equal privileges as a member who does not have a disability. Disclosure can happen from an informal conversation to a formal written request for an accommodation. It can also happen at any time during your term of service, from the interview to months after you begin serving.

Learn More

Are you interested in learning more about volunteering as a Senior Companion? Fill out the form below and we will provide you with more information.

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Client Referral Form

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Contact Us

We are ready to connect with you. Whether you are interested in volunteering, have a need for services or are an organization interested in a partnership, please complete the form below to contact us.

106 Oxmoor Road, Suite 152, Birmingham, AL 35209

205.803.3211

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Hours

Monday – Friday
8:00 am – 4:30 pm