Overview
Aim
To provide friendly visiting for socially isolated residents in Commonwealth-funded aged care homes.
Service Description
1:1 visiting to eligible residents, in aged care homes in the Brighton to Mt Eliza areas. Visitors are volunteers who commit to see their friends for at least one hour a fortnight, for the purpose of friendship and companionship. Referrals are made via the aged care homes themselves, or occasionally by a family member who is unable to have regular contact with their relative. To be eligible for the service, a resident must receive a meaningful visit from a friend or relative less often than once every two weeks.
For referrals and program information please contact the Chelsea site on 9781 9333.
The Community Visitors Scheme has its own site http://www.home.vicnet.net.au/~visitors/.
