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.
