Service Opportunities From: North Carolina Central University

Carolina Meadows is a nonprofit Continuing Care Retirement Community. Our mission is to enrich and improve the lives of residents and those connected to our community. YOU can play are part in that! 

We offer a continuum of services to our older adult residents who live in Independent Living, Assisted Living, Assisted Living Memory Care or Skilled Nursing Care.

YOU can brighten an older adult’s day and gain real-world experience that will broaden your perspective of what you could do and who you could serve in your future career. If you are pursuing Nursing, Hospitality, Medicine, Social Work, or Music (and the list goes on) consider our volunteer opportunities as way to connect what you’re learning in the classroom with a population of folks who often come from the same professions and have so much to teach us through their lived experience.

If you like learn about different people and cultures, play games or music, listen to and tell stories or share your hobbies or technical expertise, we are the place for you. There’s no limit to the benefits social connectedness and intergenerational relationships can have on you and our residents, especially after the social isolation we all experienced due to COVID-19.

Main Duties

Interview individual residents of the Pines (Skilled Nursing), the Green (Memory Care), or the Fairways (Assisted Living) about their music preferences and memories of music at significant times throughout their lives. Determine the best way to offer resident’s music (headset, streaming app, iPad, computer, etc.) Prepare personalized playlists and load music onto music devices Listen to and discuss the playlist selections with the residents to ensure maximum enjoyment. Adjust if needed. Routinely check that music equipment is properly charged and invite residents to listen to their music. Listen to music with residents. Listening to music together often leads to reminiscing about residents’ fond memories associated with songs. Be a conduit for bringing virtual music performances to residents’ rooms via Zoom or Facetime.

Time Commitment

Shifts of 1.5 to 2 hours with best times of day between 10:30 am to 12:00 pm or 2:00 to 5:00 pm weekdays.  Minimum commitment of six months of volunteering after pre-screening is complete.

Requirements

Complete a Volunteer Application During flu season (October through May), provide verification of flu vaccination Provide verification of TB skin test completed within the last 12 months with a negative result. If you have not received one within the last 12 months, Carolina Meadows will pay for you to receive one Complete a Criminal Background Check (online, link emailed by HR) Attend an in-person volunteer orientation Receive an interview Volunteers must have a car to commute to and from Carolina Meadows. There is no public transportation nearby.

Desired Traits and Qualities

Friendly smile, patience, kindness, compassion, communication. Comfort with technology and familiarity with music devices/apps are strongly preferred. Desire to learn to communicate with residents who may have memory and communication considerations.

For more information and to apply, contact Eileen Ferrell, Volunteer Manager at eferrell@carolinameadows.net.

Carolina Meadows is a nonprofit Continuing Care Retirement Community. Our mission is to enrich and improve the lives of residents and those connected to our community. YOU can play are part in that! 

We offer a continuum of services to our older adult residents who live in Independent Living, Assisted Living, Assisted Living Memory Care or Skilled Nursing.

YOU can brighten an older adult’s day and gain real-world experience that will broaden your perspective of what you could do and who you could serve in your future career. If you are pursuing Nursing, Hospitality, Medicine, Social Work, or Music (and the list goes on) consider our volunteer opportunities as way to connect what you’re learning in the classroom with a population of folks who often come from the same professions and have so much to teach us through their lived experience.

If you like learn about different people and cultures, play games or music, listen to and tell stories or share your hobbies or technical expertise, we are the place for you. There’s no limit to the benefits social connectedness and intergenerational relationships can have on you and our residents, especially after the social isolation we all experienced due to COVID-19.

Main Duties

Get to know older adults living in The Pines (Skilled Nursing), The Fairways (Assisted Living)and the Green (Memory Care) at Carolina Meadows Retirement Community by serving as an Activities Assistant. Help residents enjoy activities such as music, art, games, puzzles, chair volleyball, and ice cream socials. Tasks include moving tables and chairs for different activities, setting up supplies and cleaning up after activities, gathering residents for activities, taking residents back to the nurse’s station after activities. Depending on the activity, help residents by finding the page in songbook, assist using a paintbrush, toss a balloon to residents, or help residents mark a Bingo card.

Time Commitment

Shifts of 1.5 to 2 hours with best times of day between 10:00 am to 12:00 pm or 2:00 to 5:00 pm weekdays.  Minimum commitment of six months of volunteering after pre-screening is complete.

Requirements

Complete a Volunteer Application During flu season (October through May), provide verification of flu vaccination Provide verification of TB skin test completed within the last 12 months with a negative result.  Complete a Criminal Background Check (online, link emailed by HR) Attend an in-person volunteer orientation Receive an interview Students must have their own transportation to commute to and from Carolina Meadows. There is no public transportation close by.

Desired Traits and Qualities

Friendly smile, patience, kindness, compassion, communication, ability to follow directions and ask questions for clarification if necessary.

For more information and to apply, contact Eileen Ferrell, Volunteer Manager at eferrell@carolinameadows.net.

 

Carolina Meadows is a nonprofit Continuing Care Retirement Community. Our mission is to enrich and improve the lives of residents and those connected to our community. YOU can play are part in that! 

We offer a continuum of services to our older adult residents who live in Independent Living, Assisted Living, Assisted Living Memory Care, or Skilled Nursing.

YOU can brighten an older adult’s day and gain real-world experience that will broaden your perspective of what you could do and who you could serve in your future career. If you are pursuing Nursing, Hospitality, Medicine, Social Work, or Music (and the list goes on) consider our volunteer opportunities as way to connect what you’re learning in the classroom with a population of folks who often come from the same professions and have so much to teach us through their lived experience.

If you like learn about different people and cultures, play games or music, listen to and tell stories or share your hobbies or technical expertise, we are the place for you. There’s no limit to the benefits social connectedness and intergenerational relationships can have on you and our residents, especially after the social isolation we all experienced due to COVID-19.

Main Duties

Provide 1-on-1 companionship to residents of the Pines (Skilled Nursing), the Green (Memory Care), or the Fairways (Assisted Living). Visits can include conversation, reading aloud, helping the resident mail cards or write letters, watering plants in resident’s room, singing, doing a puzzle, playing cards or a game. For residents who participate in our Music & Memory program, this can involve checking their music equipment for charging and offering to listen to music with them.

Time Commitment

Shifts of 1.5 to 2 hours with best times of day between 10:30 am and 12:00 pm or 2:00 to 5:00pm weekdays.  Minimum commitment of 6 months from completion of pre-screening.

Requirements

Complete a Volunteer Application During flu season (October through May), provide verification of flu vaccination Provide verification of TB skin test completed within the last 12 months with a negative result Complete a Criminal Background Check (online, link emailed by HR) Attend an in-person volunteer orientation Receive an interview Volunteers must have a car to commute to and from Carolina Meadows. There is no public transportation nearby. 

Desired Traits and Qualities

Friendly smile, patience, kindness, compassion, communication

For more information or to complete an application, contact Eileen Ferrell, Volunteer Manager, eferrell@carolinameadows.net.