Rehabilitation and Aged Care Volunteers
Rehabilitation and Aged Care Volunteers assist our elderly patients, or those recovering on our rehabilitation wards.
Duties include:
- providing companionship to patients, their relatives and friends
- ensuring everything the patient requires is within reach
- refreshing flowers in each ward, as requested
- assisting and accompany 'independent', 'stand by assists' or 'minimal assist' patients on walks (if given consent by staff and able to provide minimal assist)
- taking wheelchair patients out of their rooms for a walk if given consent by staff and staff have provided assistance into transferring patient in/out of wheelchair (if they require assistance)
- assisting with menus need assistance filling out
- assisting with meal setup including hand hygiene before meals
- making tea and coffee for relatives or patients outside morning / afternoon tea times
- keeping area tidy.
Last Updated:
10/01/2023