Volunteer Handy Person Program

This project is funded byĀ ā€œĀ Calgary Foundationā€, and is officially launchedĀ  in June 2019. The project will provide free home repair and maintenance services to senior home owner through the trained volunteer handy person.

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Purposes:

This project is to provide free minor home repair and maintenance tasks to Chinese homeowner older adults by trained volunteer handy persons.

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Objectives:

  • To help Chinese older adults to stay in their homes as long as possible

  • To improve home environment and avoid occurrence of home accidents

  • To improve their quality of life

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Application criteria:

  • Canadian citizen / permanent resident

  • Chinese homeowner aged 65 and over

  • Applicant living with or renting from family members are not eligible (except spouse)

  • Meet the income thresholds of Special Needs Assistance (SNA) for Seniors

  • All applicants need initial assessment to receive service

Fee:

Repair materials cost and transportation fee ONLY.

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Services content:

  • Minor indoor / outdoor repair tasks (i.e. plumbing, carpentry and painting)

  • Refer to the Calgary Fire Department for installation of smoke detector and CO detector

  • Home safety assessment, personal emergency response and home safety knowledge

  • Types of services depend on skills and capacity of our volunteer handy persons and risks of the task

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