Volunteer Visitor Brisbane Southside - 'Adopt a Nonna or Nonno'
- Adopt an Older Person
- Ongoing commitment
- Flexible days and hours, approx. 1hr per fortnight
- Seeking visitors on the Southside, Brisbane
- Regular training is provided
Our program is not only addressing the issues of loneliness and isolation experienced by older people, but it is also strengthening cultural links for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds . Pairing people and the elderly from similar cultural and linguistic backgrounds provides a multitude of benefits, not just social and emotional, but health, culture, and language benefits.
No experience is necessary. If you are a caring person with a willingness to become friends with an older person in your neighbourhood, living at home or in a residential aged care facility, then this is the role for you? Your listening skills and a healthy respect for others is part of your DNA. Professional training session is offered by qualified counsellors eg. aged care and dementia awareness. Morning teas with the volunteer team.
errorYou can not apply for this role as it is no longer available.