UR Community Cares uses our website to match local Volunteers with Community Members (age 70 and over or age 18 and over with a physical disability) who need free at-home support.
Volunteers can be friendly visitors, help their neighbors with technology questions, do gardening, and/or drive people to their appointments. All visits are requested and pre-scheduled online and participants are background checked.
Our program bridges the gaps between family, friends, and professional caregiving. Through intergenerational social connections, we help build stronger communities where residents can safely age in place and live more independently.
Our mission is to connect people who need at-home help with those who want to help, town by town
Members put in a request for assistance, Volunteers can pick which requests make the most sense for them in terms of availability, giving them flexibility in when they’re able to provide their services.
Our Neighbors Helping Neighbors program operates only in towns we have secured funding. We support towns in setting up the program in their town, by helping to raise funds, create the marketing materials and engage in community events related to the program.
We are working on spreading the word across Connecticut so that more towns get involved and begin to develop a plan to support their aging and disabled residents in a new way, directly at home so they can remain in their home.
Get Involved Today! Volunteers are making a difference!
Connecticut Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life and care for Connecticut residents in nursing homes, residential care homes, and assisted living communities. All Ombudsman activities are conducted on behalf of and guided by the residents themselves. Communication with residents, their families, or legal guardians, when appropriate, is kept strictly confidential.
