People have asked for help in creating Caring “Villages” for elders in their own communities. From time-to-time, using the blog, I will comment on the how-to of implementing a successful program.
Matching volunteers with elders, in terms of interests and time of day and date of the week, as we help people to age comfortably in our community, used to be a time consuming occupation indeed for the one Morningside Village Coordinator…especially as we continue to expand the project. Some of our eldest members want several volunteers to visit in the course of a week.
Here’s how we are resolving this: (more…)
