Hospital

"Caring Touch" Volunteers

Contact Name: 
Jodie Portman
Contact Phone: 
617-363-8459
Contact E-Mail: 
portman@hrca.harvard.edu

 Be part of a new and exciting program: The Hand-To-Hand Caring Touch Program.  Enjoy one-to-one interactions as you help elderly residents relax with mini-hand rubs.  You can help the residents on our Long Term Care units to obtain the benefit of a healing touch, such as deep relaxation, reduced anxiety and stress, a release of muscle tension and pain, and a greater sense of emotional and spiritual well-being.  Traing is required and will be provided. 

Meal Mates Volunteer

Contact Name: 
Jodie Portman
Contact Phone: 
617-363-8459
Contact E-Mail: 
portman@hrca.harvard.edu

If you are responsible, caring, and compassionate, you can play a critical role by assisting dependent elderly residents at mealtimes.  You can provide encouragement and nourishment by giving verbal cues to eat, physically guiding residents to feed themselves, and spoonfeeding those individuals who are dependent on caregivers.  A one-hour training session will be offered by a speech pathologist and "on the job" training with certified nursing assistants.

Wheelchair Transporters

Contact Name: 
Jodie Portman
Contact Phone: 
617-363-8459
Contact E-Mail: 
portman@hrca.harvard.edu

Combine exercise with a good deed!  Escort wheelchair-bound residents to recreational activities in the hobby shop, concerts in the auditorium, religious services in the synagogue, and to clinical appointments throughout the facility.  On-site training will be provided for proper wheelchair techniques and safety.

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