www.caregivernj.nj.gov
If you are caring for an elderly spouse, parent or friend, this website was created by the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services, and lists programs and services for the frail and disabled, identifies support groups, provides medical/caregiver information and forms, and has much other information of interest to caregivers. There is even help available for grandparents taking care of their grandchildren.

Eucharist for the Sick and Homebound
Certain Eucharistic Ministers elect, once or twice per week, to visit the various medical units, nursing homes, or homes of the homebound to provide the Holy Eucharist within the context of a brief paraliturgy. Often, family and visitors participate in these prayerful occasions.

Contact: Fr. John Chang at JChang@StPaulsofPrinceton.org.

Hospital and Nursing Facility Visitors
These volunteers are mandated ministers who visit Catholic patients in the hospital and other units of the Princeton Medical Center as well as the Princeton Nursing Home. They pray with patients who ask, distribute rosaries and prayer cards, and convey requests for an extraordinary Communion by a Minister of the Eucharist or for visits from a priest for confession or the Sacrament of the Sick. Hospital visitors generally work once a month from 10 am - 2 pm. Nursing Facility visitors assist Eucharistic Ministers in helping residents to attend monthly Mass or Communion services.

Contact: Deacon Paul Lachance at drpal@aol.com.

St. Paul's Parish Health Care Ministry
The parish’s Health Care Ministry provides health promotion and disease prevention strategies within the St. Paul's Community of Faith. This ministry considers all people as sacred; therefore, all people will be treated with respect and dignity. The ministry assists people to become more active partners in managing personal health resources and to become better health consumers.

Activities include: Health screenings (blood pressure), educational programs to target populations, primary prevention programs (flu shots), Blood Drive, and outreach to the Hispanic Community.

Contact Kim Shippits at kschippits@comcast.net.

Health Care Ministry, Inc.
This separately incorporated organization helps the elderly and the homebound in the Princeton area to remain independent in the comfort of their homes for as long as possible. Volunteers provide transportation to doctor appointments and medical tests; assistance with activities of daily living; food shopping and meal preparation; companionship; and respite for care-givers. In addition, the ministry can loan clients durable medical equipment like commodes, walkers, canes, raised toilet seats and wheelchairs. Help is provided regardless of race, creed or ability to pay. Indeed, services are free. The Health Care Ministry has existed since 1984 and is supported by the Knights of Columbus and other donations. Volunteers are always needed.

Contact: Carol Olivieri at (609) 921-8888.

Transportation to Mass
This ministry gives rides to parishioners who are unable to get to Sunday Mass, whether the need is short- or long-term. Teams of drivers are recruited from the parishioner’s area to minimize the burden on individual drivers. Although the coordinators gather names of volunteers for a team, the drivers within the team are free to arrange a mutually convenient schedule among themselves.

Contact Mary Bliss at 921-8888.