Program Name: Friendly Visits (1 to 1 Person-Centered Engagement Program)
Program Description: One to One visits are centred on contributing towards the unique needs, abilities and interests of patients in fulfilling the social, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual needs and support through purposeful and meaningful experiences in their everyday lives. Promoting and encouraging as much independence and self-care as possible in comfort, compassion and care, those volunteers assist our holistic based team-oriented practices and standards in supporting these health and wellness goals.
Where: St. Joseph's Villa, or St. Joseph's Continuing Care Centre Sites - South Bay Road Campus (across from Laurentian University) or our Downtown Geriatric Rehabilitative Care Site.
When: Visiting Program varies depending on the availability of volunteers and the needs/responses of the current resident/patient population.
Volunteer Role:
- going on indoor or outdoor walks,
- going for visits to the healing gardens where applicable,
- playing board games, puzzles, cards etc., at the person's individual ability level
- arts or crafts projects with a resident/patient,
- computer use,
- reading books,
- looking at photographs,
- reflecting on memories,
- scrapbooking,
- accompanying residents/patients to various activities within the St. Joseph's Site,
Volunteers are welcome to join us on a routine schedule that best suits their schedule throughout the week and must have a sincere desire to work with residents/patients of a variety of interests, personalities and ability levels, have an understanding of the aging process through provided orientation and program-specific training, involving the person-centred approaches to meeting individual needs of our residents' wellness goals.
- Please contact Tanya Anne for more information at tanneball@sjsudbury.com
