Our Community Hospital volunteers perform a range of tasks:
- Providing one to one company for those patients who would benefit from conversation and company
- Spending 15 to 30 minutes with a patient, or however much the patient can engage with you and/or enjoy the activity
- Helping patients with activities such as crafts, reminiscing, walking in the gardens, discussion and companionship
- Helping to produce an activity timetable
- Informing the staff of any concerns about patients
- Contacting local people/groups who may be able to offer assistance
Our volunteers must attend a specifically designed training session for this role which covers:
- communication
- activity resources
- reminiscence tools
- behaviour
- information gathering
- infection control