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, Skilled Nursing Care or Memory 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 this past year of social isolation due to COVID-19.
Main Duties
- Facilitate weekly Zoom calls between residents of the Pines (Skilled Nursing) and their family members who live long-distance and are not able to visit in person. An iPad and tripod are provided.
- Zoom calls usually last 30-40 minutes. The remainder of a volunteer shift can be mixed with 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, visits may also involve checking their music device for charging and offering to listen to music with them.
Time Commitment
- Shifts of 1 to 2 hours with best times of day between 9:30 am and 12:00 pm or 2:00 to 5:00pm weekdays.
- Minimum commitment of 6 months from completion of pre-screening requirements.
Time Commitment
- Shifts of 1 to 2 hours with best times of day between 9:30 am to 12:00 pm or 2:00 to 5:00 pm weekdays. Opportunities are available for experienced volunteers on weekends.
- Minimum commitment of 6 months from completion of pre-screening requirements.
Requirements
- A friendly smile, patience, kindness
- Complete a Volunteer Application
- Complete a Criminal Background Check (online, link emailed by HR)
- Provide verification of full COVID-19 vaccination (includes a booster). If you have not received a booster, you would have to take a rapid COVID-19 test prior to each weekly volunteer shift.
- During flu season (October through April), 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.
- Attend an in-person volunteer orientation
- Receive an interview
Desired Traits and Qualities
Friendly smile, patience, kindness, compassion, communication. Comfort with technology and using an iPad.
For more information and to apply, contact Eileen Ferrell, Volunteer Manager at eferrell@carolinameadows.net.
