| Home Match / Front Porch | Home Match is a shared housing program that provides free, personalized services in the Bay Area and beyond to help people find the right match. Share your home Turn an available room in your home into an opportunity to earn income, save money, and create new social connections. Your home can make all the difference to a fellow community-member facing a difficult housing market. Find your home Benefit from an affordable home in the community you love. As a supportive homemate, you can also empower people who wish to age-in-place, by optionally helping with household activities in exchange for lower costs. |
| Vivalon | Vivalon helps Marin County’s older adults and vulnerable residents thrive through the power of human connection with rides, meals, classes, care, advice and more. Vivalon advances independence, health and quality of life for older adults and people with disabilities. Through a comprehensive, integrated program of active aging services and activities, we provide specialized transportation, nutrition programs, classes and other means of social connection. |
| Marin Villages | Marin Villages is reimagining aging and community for older adults. Our members and volunteers enjoy living in the places they already call home, coming together for events and celebrations, building new friendships, and supporting each other through the journey of getting older. Friendship. Community. Programs. Helping hands. Members of Marin Villages enjoy benefits that help them connect with their communities in new and meaningful ways. We offer a unique, one-on-one focused combination of activities, direct services, and individual attention. |
| The SIR Organization | SIR refers to two organizations: (1) State organization: Sons In Retirement, Incorporated is the parent organization. It is a 501(c)(4) corporation established in 1959. (2) 100+ branches: Each is an independent 501(c)(4) corporation. The specific purpose of this corporation is to provide for the welfare of retired men from all walks of life who are pursuing a common goal, the enjoyment of their later years with dignity and pride, by assisting these senior citizens to renew former friendships and associations, and affording them an opportunity to make new friends through association with other retired men who also face the particular problems that confront men upon their retirement. The assets of the corporation are irrevocably dedicated to the foregoing purpose. |
| End of Life Choices California | End of Life Choices California (EOLCCA) is a state-wide, non-profit that provides information, referrals, and support to you and your loved ones to help navigate end-of-life options. All services are provided at no charge and are directed empathetically and without judgment to meet your needs. EOLCCA offers a phone and email line to answer your questions — including: (1) Documents needed for advance care planning (2) Providing guidance in discussing the topic with your family and medical team (3) Advocating for yourself, as well as understanding the spectrum of end-of-life options including hospice and palliative care, voluntary stopping eating and drinking, and the End of Life Option Act (the legal option for terminally ill people to receive a prescription to peacefully fall asleep and die) To request support, click here or call 760-636-8009. |