Mission: Duet is a non-profit, interfaith organization that promotes health and well-being through a broad range of services to homebound adults, caregivers, faith communities and grandparents raising grandchildren. Duet partners with volunteers, congregations and donors to provide one-on-one services at no charge throughout the greater phoenix area.
Programs: Homebound adults: duet's volunteer services help houmebound and disabled adults remain living in their own homes for as long as possible. In 2014 volunteers from nearly 200 participating congregations and the community were paired with 777 homebound or disabled adults who provided 8,370 escorted transportation rides, as well as over 48,356 hours of shopping, business help, friendly visiting, friendly phoning, assistance in writing life stories, computer training, respite assistance, transportation, and / or home repairs.
duet is a non-profit, interfaith organization that promotes health and well-being through a broad range of services to homebound adults, caregivers, faith communities and grandparents raising grandchildren. Duet partners with volunteers, congregations, and donors to provide one-on-one services at no charge throughout the greater phoenix area. Revenues and expenses not restricted to a particular category are utilized to the benefit of duet's services as a whole.
grandparents raising grandchildren: duet helps a growing segment of maricopa county's population - grandparents raising grandchildren. Hundreds of families benefited in various ways, which in turn helped keep children with relatives and out of foster homes. 1,000+ information and referral calls were provided to grandparents and professionals. Six support groups helped 302 attendees. 82 adults and 87 children benefited from 1,846 days of respite, and legal assistance helped 30 grandparents gain formal custody of their grandchildren. Workshops and conferences were attended by 157 kinship caregivers. Family activities attended by 1,281 individuals (duplicated count) helped them realize that they are not alone in their challenging situation. In total, 533 unduplicated grandparents and 800 grandchildren recieved vital services.
government grants are received to provide support and assistance to older persons, adults with disabilities, and family caregivers to promote physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being.
Duet: Partners in Health & Aging provides a variety of services including support services for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren/Kinship Care; transportation to grocery shopping & doctor's appointments; support groups caregivers of loved ones with dementia/Alzheimer's; and much more to help elderly and disabled people age in the place they love most -- their own home. All of these services are provided free of charge. I've been a volunteer in various capacities for 30 years, and have seen the need for what we offer grow as no other organiza-tion provides these types of services or at no cost. Elders are my passion! I love Duet!
I've worked with this organization for about 30 years because one of my causes has always been helping the elderly -- the invisible population because many are home bound, cannot drive, and have no one to help them. They live behind closed doors -- they are the forgotten members of our communities. Helping Duet help those who need grocery shopping, a friendly visitor, transportation to doctors' appointments means a lot to me. Grandparents Raising Grandchildren is one of the fastest-growing programs as the drug problems have exacerbated with the opioid epidemic. What a great program!! There is also Caregiver programs for those caring for dementia and Alzheimer's loved ones. A GREAT organization!
