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Connecting Homebound Seniors to Their Communities

We combat social isolation by empowering seniors with easy-to-use technology and dedicated support teams, bringing the world to their doorstep. Serving Essex County and surrounding NJ communities.

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11+ Years of Experience

We have found that increasing social interactions can improve a senior's life.

We do this by providing our clients:

  • An assigned support team to partner with them
  • Technology equipment
  • Access to resources including transportation, food, and medical services

Our clients connect to food delivery, telehealth, church services, and interact with friends and family more often.

Our Services

Resource Guide For Seniors

Our resource guide for seniors has a comprehensive listing of services for home bound seniors, including transportation, housing, home health aides, support groups, food, home improvements, attorneys, and providers who will come to your home such as podiatrists, optometrists, dentists, and hair stylists.

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Social Worker

Clients are paired with a social worker who will video chat with them regularly, and help with any social service needs, such as housing, transportation, food, and access to medical care and counseling.

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Senior Friendly Computer or Tablet

We provide our clients with a senior friendly tablet or computer, train them on it, and offer ongoing tech support including repair and replacement handled by Connections at Home. We create email, social media, and Zoom accounts, allowing our clients to stay connected. They can take online classes, shop, access tele-health, play games, listen to music, share photos, and check the news and weather.

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Our Client Feedback

“I am just amazed. You are so wonderful. You uplift me when I am feeling kinda saggy. Thank you so much for the card from everyone. I really appreciate it. It’s a joy. Words mean a lot and the receipt of the words on the card. I know you and I have had some wonderful talks too along the way. Thank you so much for this opportunity to share again. Thank you, thank you, thank you. “

– Barbara B.I., 70 years old

“I was skeptical at first. I can’t tell you how comforting it is to talk to someone who understands me. This has opened up a whole new world for me.”

– Ruth S., 99 years old

Thank you for the computer. This has been a godsend really. Absolutely. I’m not able to get around so being able to order delivery of food and what not really makes it.

– Robert Wood

I’ve been enjoying the laptop very much. And I realize it’s something I’ve been missing. It’s a connection to the outside world. It’s just a call of gratitude having this in my life now. (He’s discovered YouTube where he watches documentaries. He doesn’t have a TV.)

– Robert Denko

Thank you so much. I’d die without it.

– Clemmy

I’m very happy with my GrandPad, I couldn’t live without it! I use it at night, during the day, anytime when I feel lonely.

– Sylvia P., 79 years old

It’s always just me and the same four walls, I really count on that computer to be my companion and lift my spirits. It’s my whole life, it means the world to me.

– Inshanali Z., 84 years old

I love my GrandPad. It is my lifeline to the world. I can’t live without it.

–  Sigrun H., 87 years old

Our Numbers Speak For Themselves

We have found that increasing social interactions through technology can improve a senior’s life.

CAHNJ is a nonprofit. We rely solely on funding from institutions and individuals. We gratefully accept donations on our website at cahnj.care. Thank you for remembering us in your giving.

71%

Of Our Clients Had Reduced Depression And Loneliness

60%

Of Our Clients Reported A Decrease In Social Isolation

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Lori Freudenberger-Nelson is a nonprofit professional with a passion for helping mission-driven organizations grow their impact through thoughtful fundraising and strong community relationships. She brings a diverse professional background that spans nonprofit leadership, law, and public service.

Before transitioning to the nonprofit sector, Lori practiced law and held roles at various law firms in New York City, where she worked in risk management and served as Manager of Legal Recruitment. She also served as a prosecutor at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and at the New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation Counsel. These experiences shaped her strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills and inform her collaborative approach to nonprofit development. She has worked closely with nonprofit boards, donors, and community leaders to strengthen donor engagement, support fundraising initiatives, and advance organizational growth.

Lori is deeply committed to community service and philanthropy and has been involved in numerous civic and charitable initiatives throughout her career.

As a doctor who has devoted his medical career to caring for geriatric patients, let me tell you a story about a patient I knew.

Day after day, she sat alone in her apartment, half-tuned to the TV. Her children lived several states away. She could not drive. There were times when she didn’t speak to another human for days. Sometimes she went weeks without a hot meal. This lonely, isolated woman— and many others like her — broke my heart and are the reason why I decided in to form a non-profit in 2012 called Connections at Home.

Based upon my patients stories, I could see the need was dire to help these seniors and the need remains just as critical today.  Connections at Home New Jersey offers a dedicated team of social workers and specially adapted technology that  addresses food insecurity, housing instability and the devastating effects of social isolation, and has dramatically improved the lives of thousands of seniors and provided peace of mind to their  relatives and friends.

Dr. Thomas McCarrick