Project Compassion Ministries, Inc.

Loneliness • Despair • Immobility • Loss Of Independence

This is often what nursing home and assisted living residents face every day.

Because of the rapid growth of nursing homes in the late 1960's and early 1970's, Project Compassion was organized as a Christian ministry in 1972 (and incorporated in 1982) to respond to some vital but unmet needs of the nursing home residents. The first program developed under agency founder Rev. Edward H. Einem was the one-to-one volunteer visitation program.

Since then, Project Compassion 's services have expanded to address many other needs specific to nursing home residents, especially the agony of separation from family and community and the loss of personal identity and purpose. Hundreds of volunteers have been trained in the work of bringing much joy, comfort and new hope to residents. In the early 1990's a chaplaincy program was developed in which Project Compassion chaplains serve at nursing care and assisted living facilities on a fee basis.

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