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Katie avatar

Hi all,

I work in a hospital and have a big team of volunteers. I have been asked to pause all volunteers until maybe June. Gulp!

Basically I will be solo covering 3 wards (84 patients). What can I do that is time efficient AND effective and will reach the most patients. Baring in mind most will be in their hospital bed.

Thanks in advance.

Susan avatar

Hi Katie

Can you use the public address system or would that be too disruptive??

If you can you can do activities through the public address system

If not you could make packets of activities for the residents to do

You could have your volunteers call the residents from their home

You could call the residents

You could send the residents cards with activities on them for them to do

You could make sure family members call their loved ones

You could distribute decks of cards because you can probably find them fairly inexpensively if you want you then could give them a paper of all the different card games they could play

I hope this helps

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