| Volunteer Position Description |
The goal of this volunteer service is to enhance the nutrition, hydration and emotional well-being of patients by creating a pleasant patient experience while eating a meal that includes feeding assistance and socialization with a volunteer under the supervision of nursing staff.
Let's make the experience of eating the most pleasurable, safe, and nutritious possible. By assisting and sitting one on one with a patient, you can help feed, stimulate and motivate a patient to eat their meal in a more pleasurable manner while ensuring that they proper time is given to properly chew and swallow food and drinks safely.
A mandatory training is provided to qualify for this activity.
Volunteers can also provide a friendly room visit after dining. |
| On/Off Campus |
Off-campus (Montreal) |
| Position Type |
Volunteer opportunity |
| Location |
On-site |
| Address |
4375 Montclair Ave, Montreal, QC, H4B 2J5 |
| Neighborhood/Area |
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce |
| Contact with Clients? |
Direct volunteering with clients |
| Volunteer Tasks |
– Other (enter below) |
| Volunteer Tasks (Other) |
Feeding, socializing |
| French required? |
No |
| Volunteer Position Requirements |
Languages spoken: we welcome all languages, English and/or French are required
Qualities: calm, patient, comfortable to speak with older persons in difficulty and feeding people with eating difficulties, mature, responsible, takes patient safety seriously
Training required |
| Open to students in all degrees and disciplines? |
Yes |
| Targeted Degrees and Disciplines |
Applied Human Sciences, Psychology, Sociology & Anthropology |
| Time Period |
Rolling basis |
| Start Date |
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| End date |
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| Length of Commitment Expected |
minimum 3 months |
| Time Commitment |
Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Weekend |
| Hours per Week |
2 |
| Training provided? |
Yes |
| Other Benefits |
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| Benefits (Other) |
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| Application Procedure |
Email organization contact |
| Application Contact Information |
annamaria.malorni.cvd@ssss.gouv.qc.ca |
| Application Deadline |
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| Application Material Required |
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| Additonal Application Information / Comments |
Open to all mature students
Students will be selected based on their interests in helping older adults, interest in health care, studies in health care programs will be prioritized, vicinity to location. |
