Volunteer Opportunities - Southeastern Minnesota Area Agency on Aging - Rochester
Resource Name:Volunteer Opportunities - Southeastern Minnesota Area Agency on Aging - Rochester
address
2746 Superior Drive NW, Suite 300, Rochester, MN 55901
Eligibility
Required documents
Hours
Application process
Fees
Service area
- Volunteers are needed to assist Medicare beneficiaries with decisions about health and drug coverage, long-term care insurance, medical bills, Medicare claims, and filing appeals. Training on Medicare includes the 18-hour "Core Body of Knowledge", plus regular updates. Volunteers may focus on specific areas.
- Computer skills are necessary
- Fifty percent of the board must be over age 60, call the director for more details
- Training is provided several times a year; locations may vary
- There is also a volunteer opportunity to be a member of the agency's board of directors
- Volunteers are able to go to homes of beneficiaries, community locations or work in the office
Last Assured
Providing organization
Non-profit agency promoting independence and dignity of older people in the region by coordinating, funding and developing programs and services. Links people with information, advocate for the needs of older people, build community capacity through development, partnerships, grants and contracts, and promote prudent stewardship of the federal, state and local.
Agency providing services to the 11-county region of southeastern Minnesota.