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.
