CWC Now Offers Senior Peer Counseling

SPRING 2015

CWC Big DOG (Day of Giving) page 2

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IN THIS ISSUE

B rief respite

CWC Sows Spring Seeds for Bright Future

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Davis Beer & Cider Festival - May 30! - Tickets on Sale Now

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New CWC Staffpage 2

Grace Award page 3

enior Peer Counseling, a program to provide support-ive weekly counseling services to older adults who may be troubled by concerns of aging, is now under the management of Citizens Who Care for the Elderly.

The Senior Peer Counseling Program (SPC) has served at-risk seniors for the past twenty-five years, as a program offered by Yolo County Alcohol Drug and Mental Health. Based on CWC’s long history serving seniors in Yolo County, Yolo County ADMH decided that CWC is uniquely qualified to assume oversight of the Senior Peer Counseling Program. The SPC program is funded by the Mental Health Services Act, Prevention and Early Intervention Component. Under CWC direction the emphasis will be on serving more seniors by recruiting and training more volunteer peer counselors throughout the county. Based on the Santa Mon-ica Senior Peer Counseling model developed in 1977, senior peer counseling programs can be found in many communi-ties throughout the United States. What is Senior Peer Counseling? Senior Peer Coun-seling utilizes the skills and life experiences of adults, aged 55 and over, to provide free, supportive counseling services, typically in the home, to other older adults who may be trou-bled by isolation, depression, loss of a loved one or other concerns of aging. Paraprofessional volunteers are carefully trained and supervised by a mental health professional to provide supportive counseling to an individual who has been assessed to be a good fit for this service. Volunteers work-ing in the program meet monthly to review cases, receive in-service training and supervision, and on-going peer support. Kathryn Skrabo, MSW was recently hired to oversee SPC and has already begun working with the dedicated group of volunteers who have been with this program for many years. Having volunteers with experience provides a great re-source for others who may want to consider becoming a new

volunteer. If you or someone you know might be interested in this kind of experience, please call CWC Volunteer Director Ellie Slaven at (530) 758-3704 for more information. Over the next two months there will be a focused re-cruitment effort underway for new volunteers interested in becoming a senior peer counselor. Until new volunteers are recruited and trained there is limited capacity to accept new referrals. In addition to the one-on-one counseling service, the Se-nior Peer Counseling Program offers two senior support

Call CWC about these services for Seniors in Transition

One-on-one weekly counseling with a peerTwice monthly support groups (Davis & Woodland)

- or the -24-Hour Friendship Line (1-800-971-0016)

pringtime is most important for CWC in terms of gaining the financial footing and volunteer support that gives CWC the momentum to S

by Joanne Bell, CWC Executive Director

provide elderly and caregiver services throughout the summer, fall and win-ter. Starting now, each week seems to offer a new way to get involved in supporting much needed visiting, respite and counseling services for our frail elderly and their caregivers. Volunteers are in high demand and opportunities plentiful. The reward of volunteering is life changing on so many levels. Opportunities are de-scribed on page three, making it easy to find one that fits your interests and schedule. Keith vonBorstel, our 2015 Grace Award (Volunteer of the Year) recipient captures the essence of volunteering beautifully in his poem and statement, also on page three. We are thrilled to have received the Yolo County contract to man-age the Senior Peer Counseling Program. An outstanding program in ev-ery respect, it allows us to expand the array of services CWC offers and by integrating it into the other programs provided, maximize the impact of community volunteers. We are now in the process of updating promotional materials to include this new program and information about this program will be a part of all of the outreach done in the community. May 5 is the Big Day of Giving. Last year, CWC’s first to participate, we raised $6,000 in donations (ranking in the top third tier of fundraisers in

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Get to Know CWC Staff and Board

SKoop conducts CWC client assessments in Davis

Skrabo named Senior Peer Counselor Program Director

BIG Day of Giving (DOG) is a local initiative to increase philanthropy that will take place during a 24-hour period

on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. • Donations made at givelocalnow.org

on May 5 will be eligible for a boost from a pool of matching funds.

• BIG Day of Giving is a part of a National Day of Giving called

Give Local America

tephanie Koop, RN has replaced former CWC Da-vis-based Assessment Nurse, Diane Bamforth, upon Diane’s retirement in February after more than 10 years of service. Stephanie is a northern California

native and 22 year resident of Davis. Stephanie received her bachelor’s of nursing from San Francisco State Univer-sity and her master’s in public health from the University of Chicago. Her early nursing career included medical-sur-gical nursing in Chicago, Woodland, and Davis. Following that, she worked for a few years in home health nursing and as a case manager at Sutter Davis Visiting Nurses Associa-tion where she saw clients all over Yolo County. Addition-ally, she worked as a per diem nurse in Sacramento County before putting her nursing career on hold while raising her two children. During the past 18 years, while her children were growing up, she kept busy swimming with Davis Aquatic Masters, gardening, rais-ing chickens, biking, walking, and traveling. Stephanie’s new job with Citizens Who Care feels like a good match for her with her home health background, her deep roots in Davis, and the aging of her own parents and in-laws.

athryn Skrabo, MSW recently retired from Sacramento County Division of Behavioral Health Services where she was a Program Planner with the Mental Health Services Unit. In addition to working for Sacramento County for 16 years, she worked in policy, program development and direct service for the

California Association of Children’s Homes, California Institute for Mental Health and some of you may have known her when she worked as the former executive director of the Yolo County Mental Health Association, the organization Citizens Who Care origi-nated from. “After retiring I knew I wanted to use my skills in a way that could make a difference, I look forward to working with the new and existing volunteers and helping to strength the program.”

Jennings steps up as CWC Beer & Cider Festival Chair

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ori Jennings has been a Woodland resident for 39 years. She joined the Board in 2014 shortly af-ter retiring from a 34-year career in public sector service. During those years, she supported several

local agencies while appointed to administrative, analyti-cal, supervisory and managerial human resource positions. Lori's specialized HR functions included employee rela-tions, labor negotiations, recruitment, selection, opera-tions, risk management, workers compensation and safety. She served as a joint powers agency board member for an employer, and as a national member of a highly recognized human resources professional organization, she served two separate terms in an elected board position for its local chapter. Lori spends her personal time cooking, traveling, crafting, decorating and designing, and bicycling. She has been a member of the Davis Bike Club for over 25 years and volunteers in many of the club's annual bike rides. Lori has experienced first hand the role of a caregiver when caring for both elderly parents.

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GIVELOCALNOW.ORGand give to the nonprofits that lift up lives

and make this the place we call home.

Please donate to Citizens Who Care

the Sacramento region)! This year, with your support the CWC Board of Directors hopes to reach a goal of $10,000 raised in a 24-hour period! If you missed it, CWC’s Annual Benefit Concert “Decades of Love” in February was great entertain-ment. Our gratitude to all who bought tickets and sponsored the event. Hats off to this year’s cast for stepping in at the eleventh hour, due to unforesee-able circumstances, to deliver an energetic and en-gaging performance. Finally, if great beers and ciders are more to your fancy than concert going, attend the 11th annual Davis Beer and Cider Festival on May 30. Many of the great breweries you’ve come to enjoy will be on hand, plus we added cider this year to keep things interesting and current. The cider industry has grown by leaps and bounds in very recent years, and this is your chance to experience it. More information about the Beer & Cider Festival is on page seven. Music will include a 60’s – 70’s cover band, No Divas. Tick-ets can be purchased at www.DavisBeerFest.org. On behalf of the more than 100 individuals and families whose burden was lessened and life en-riched by the CWC volunteers this year alone, I wish to thank not only all the generous donors recognized in this newsletter, but all of the volunteers who give so much of themselves to our mission. Citizens Who Care is truly an the example of community caring and community at work.

SOWING SEEDS (FROM PAGE 1)

WC’s Grace Award was started in 2004 by Evelyn Buddenhagen and named for a devoted CWC volun-teer, Grace Hiddleson, who was

the first recipient of the award. The name of the award refers both to Ms. Hiddleson and to the virtues of grace exemplified by “the Three Graces” of western mythology that inspired qualities such as; Excellence, Service to another, Charity, Mercy, Love, and Gentleness or Friendship. The award is given annually to a volunteer(s) who have excelled in their compassionate service to the elderly and their caregivers. By action of the CWC Board of Direc-tors the 2015 Grace Award has been award-ed to Keith vonBorstel, recognizing his out-standing service to the community, to CWC and to all the elderly patients he has helped while always displaying the personal quali-ties for which the award is named. Keith started volunteering for CWC in July of 2011. To date, he’s put in over 553 hours of service and has visited with five cli-

VOlUNTEEr TODay ... THE lIfE yOU cHaNGE mIGHT bE OWNby Ellie Slaven, CWC Director of Volunteers

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Get to Know CWC Staff and Board

Skrabo named Senior Peer Counselor Program Director

2015 Grace Award presented to

Keith vonBorstel

My Old Guys

My first three “old guys” died,Now I visit three more.They’re declining, too.

When they die I’ll find three more…

So what am I doing?They all die.

But we have lunch and workout

and ride bikesAnd we’re friends.

I provide respite for their caregivers,

A useful thing.Caregivers live longer with a little help.

The really big picture: If everyone in the world helped one person a little

every day that would be over 7 billion good acts a day, 49 billion a week,

196 billion per month and 2.555 trillion per year. It would make a big

difference to everyone including you and me.

Keith vonBorstel

ents since coming on board. About a year into his work with us, he took on two clients and has had two clients since then. It was his goal to focus on the caregivers so he re-ally likes to provide respite (as opposed to a friendly visit situation). He’s always been willing to take on challenging situations and is very good about communicating with the nurse if he feels his clients/caregivers need assistance or advice. He found out about CWC when he attended our BeerFest and he attends them regularly.

ould you like to ex-per ience

that wonderful feel-ing you get when you help someone? Do you want to do something that is

very satisfying and of great service to your community? Then why not become a Citi-zens Who Care volunteer? Becoming a CWC volunteer is similar to helping a neighbor or family member in need. You don’t need any medical skills or college degrees. You simply have to want to help someone in need. Training is provided. We have several programs from which to choose; all give companionship to the elderly. Our newest program is the Senior Peer Counseling Program. Volunteers aged 55 and over are trained to provide counseling to older adults for an hour a week – usually in their home. Volunteers are the caring, non-judgmental person the clients need to talk to as they work through grief, depression and other life changes. Volunteers have access to

regular supervision and ongoing training by the program director. Additionally, volunteers meet once a month to review cases, receive in-service training and support. The In-Home Respite and Friendly Vis-iting Program provides caregivers of older adults with a weekly break from care giving. Respite volunteers are trained and supervised by our professional nursing staff. Volunteers do anything from simply visiting a client to doing activities with them or taking them on outings. The two hours a week that volun-teers give provides a welcome break to the caregivers and visits with the clients decrease loneliness and helps ward off early institu-tionalization. The Convalescent Hospital Visiting Pro-gram offers visits to nursing home residents. Volunteers visit for approximately an hour a week and provide a welcome break from the routine of the resident’s week. The Pet Vis-iting Program allows volunteers with well-behaved pets to visit the residents in nursing homes and is one of the components of the CHV program. Our newly named Saturday Club (for-merly Time Off for Caregivers) provides

a five-hour break for caregivers at the Davis Senior Center two Saturdays of the month. Participants are treated to one on one atten-tion from volunteers and a variety of activi-ties that make their day enjoyable and fun. Volunteers are contacted to see if they are available to volunteer for a particular session. Another way to volunteer for this program is to provide some form of entertainment such as singing or playing an instrument – once we had a belly dancer! This is a great way to share your talents with the elderly without having to stay for the entire program.

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Michael Lewis, CWC President & Keith vonBorstel

Learn more about becoming a CWC Volunteer at an upcoming meeting!

April 24, 2:30-4:30 pmDavis Senior Center

April 28, 10-11:30 amWoodland Senior Center

Volunteers are the heart and soul of our or-ganization. Simply contact me at (530) 668-8780 or cwcvc@dcn.org with questions you may have or to talk about how we can get you started.

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In addition to patronage from our many loyal Annual Concert goers and individual sponsors, CWC fundraising was substantially enhanced by our generous 2015 Business Sponsors.

Please patronize these businesses! They support the elderly and their families

in our community.

BUSINESS SPONSORS

THANKS TO YOUCitizens Who Care’s 23rd Annual Concert Raised

$25,000 for Elderly and Caregiver Support!

2015 Cast Featuring: (F) Valerie Steward-Williams, Jamison Amelia Williams, Jackie Guerra, Rhonda Thomas (B) Nicolas Santos, Robert Williamson, Brian McCann, Daniel Silva, Brandon McCann, Demjuan Julian. (Not pictured) Josh Ludwig, Patrick McCann

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groups called Transitions. These groups, designed to offer emo-tional support and social interaction, meet twice a month and are facilitated by senior peer counselors. The Davis Transition group meets every second and fourth Wednesday for an hour at 10:00 a.m. at the Davis Senior Center. The Woodland Transitions group meets the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 10:00 a.m. at the Woodland Senior Center. All seniors over the age of 55 are welcome to participate. Another resource that CWC will be promoting is the Friend-ship Line, a toll free 24 hour telephone service that offers tele-

phone counseling, support, and reassurance for the elderly. The toll free number is 1-800-971-0016. The Friendship Line is a re-gional program that serves Yolo County. It is administered by the Institute on Aging in San Francisco and funded by Cal MHSA. We are excited to share this news with you and look forward to adding this program to our organization.

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P.O. Box 72650Davis, CA 95617

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Citizens Who Care’s Mission:To improve the quality of life for the elderly

and their caregivers.

Administrative Office409 Lincoln Avenue

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CWC STAFF

Joanne Bell, Executive DirectorCheri Kerr, Administrative Assistant

Stephanie Koop, Assessment Nurse, DavisSusan McGibbon, Assessment Nurse, Woodland

Ellie Slaven, Director of VolunteersKathryn Skrabo, Senior Peer Counseling Program Director

Hiyasmin Espiritu, Time Off Program DirectorKeiko Tokida, Time Off Aide

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• Davis Beer & Cider Festival 2015• Senior Peer Counseling Program• New CWC Staff Members• 2015 CWC Volunteer of the Year

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Michael Lewis, PresidentChris Hatfield, Vice President

Jane Millett, Treasurer Lori Jennings, Secretary

Janet CarrereRose CholewinskiRobert Dowling

Carl EilersKaren Eilers

Julie SheehanWalt Sykes

Rose VidalesKen Wagstaff