You can make a difference...

Many elderly Australians in aged care homes are socially isolated from the community. QCCN is looking for people with big hearts to visit these senior citizens and reconnect them with the community. It only takes an hour a fortnight and all you have to do is be a friend.

Residents enjoy the social visits of our volunteers. You will be matched one-on-one with a resident who has been identified as socially isolated, or at risk of becoming so. Volunteers enjoy a coffee and chat, or perhaps a board game with their new friend, and through ongoing visits create a wonderful new friendship for someone in need.

This female resident in need of additional social visits lives in an aged care facility in Kenmore. She is very isolated as she is the only German-speaking resident in the centre. She would greatly benefit from having some additional social outreach and it will improve her quality of life. This resident does display cognitive impairment associated with dementia, and experience in communicating with someone with this diagnosis is greatly recommended.

If you are interested in making a difference in the life of someone living in residential care, register your interest now!