March 2, 2010

Comfort Keepers Believes Future Retired Baby Boomers, Retired Veterans and Our Active Senior Citizens Would Enjoy the Benefits of Volunteering Their Time While Giving Back to their Local Community

By Carol Carbutti

Carol Carbutti, owner of Comfort Keepers in Wallingford, CT understands that most people think of senior retirement as a time to plan on doing all the fun things that they had to forgo because of the demands made on them by their job. However, there are an increasing number of baby boomers who view retirement as a time when they can contribute to the society, and seek opportunities to perform volunteer work.

Over the years, many of the retiring baby boomers have acquired knowledge and skills that may be helpful to others.  So some retirees find volunteering a source of incredible fulfillment.  This will give an elderly senior purpose and a new meaning to life.  When a senior citizen works their entire life, they may find that a new activity will help fill a void in their open schedule.  In fact, many experts agree that one of the most important factors in promoting healthy aging is for a senior to find a special purpose in their life.

By volunteering, our healthy aging seniors can add to their meaningfulness.  They can use their abilities, wisdom, knowledge and skills in purposeful new ways by enriching others lives.  Senior citizens may enjoy learning new skills while making a difference in their community.  By volunteering, retirees will feel good about how their time is being utilized, while helping to make a difference for others who are less fortunate.

Volunteer work can involve many different types of activities like writing letters, answering telephone calls, caring for people, running errands, shopping and delivering things to homebound seniors, and the like. One of the most fulfilling things that young at heart retirees can do is to spend time reading to terminally ill children at the hospital in their area. There are many volunteers who also provide a lot of pleasure to people with visual impairment by reading for recorded books. Another valuable way in which aging seniors can contribute is to help with crisis or homework hotlines.

If you are an active retiree, and feel volunteer work is for you, you can find opportunities for volunteering all around you. All you need to do is be open to new kinds of ways of helping other people and know where to look for such opportunities. For example, you could check with the hospitals in your local area, or a VA hospital near you, hospices, nursing homes, charitable organizations, the police, and the fire department. Our company Comfort Keepers also has opportunities for volunteers who visit our elderly clients in their homes.  Many aging seniors just want companionship, someone to talk to and pass the time, like having a lunch date twice a week.  This gives an at home senior something to look forward too.  You can also contact local community services and government organizations who enlist volunteers to help them out in many ways.

Caregivers, family members and Retirees can contact their church, they usually require volunteers to do various things such as teaching less privileged children, cooking, delivering food or groceries to in home seniors, and so on. The Internet is also a great source of finding a wide variety of volunteer work.

Of course, senior baby boomers will need to look for particular organizations that offer the kind of volunteer work that suits their interests and skills the best. But retirees can be assured that whatever abilities or skills they have, there will be some organization either in your locality or some worldwide organization, which will need their assistance. If this kind of activity is new to them, it may come as a pleasant surprise to find out the sense of accomplishment and purpose that they can derive from it. All seniors need to do is find a niche that feels like they are useful.  Many elderly senior citizens who offer their time and help will soon discover new abilities that will make a significant difference while bringing much joy to others, which can be a rewarding and exhilarating experience for them in return.

 

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