The Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver is establishing the Serge & Elinor Haber Peer Support Services Fund.
This dedicated fund will be used to support the following:
- PEER COUNSELLING
- FRIENDLY HOME VISITS
- FRIENDLY PHONE CALLS
- INFORMATION & REFERRAL
- BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
Our volunteers are supervised by professional staff. All Peer Support Services are confidential and offered at no cost.
OUR PROGRAMS COMBAT THE EXPERIENCE OF:
- Loneliness and isolation
- Grief and loss
- Housing transition or relocation
- Health related challenges and aging concerns
- A need to connect to your community
- Depression and anxiety
- Isolation from friends and family
OUR VOLUNTEER COUNSELLORS SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY BY:
- Visiting directly to the home
- Helping to find and develop the coping skills + strategies that empower and move our community forward
- This is achieved through active listening
- Not judging
- Not advising
