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St Vincent de Paul Society - Darwin
NT, Australia
The society provides assistance for any person in need of friendship, comfort, goods and services as necessary. Volunteer members also visit homes, the hospital and prison. Welfare available between the hours of 10am - 12 noon.
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Community Visitors Scheme - Red Cross
TAS, Australia
This Commonwealth Government initiative is also available through Community Care ( NESB) depending on the aged care facility. This scheme encourages volunteers to brighten up the day of a person living in an aged care facility. Volunteers are matched with an individual based on shared interests and experiences.
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Catholic Migrant Centre- Community Visitors Scheme
WA, Australia
Provides on to one volunteer visitor for socially isolated residents of residential care facilities whose quality of life would be improved by friendship and companionship.
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New Hope Migrant and Refugee Centre - Prahran
VIC, Australia
Used to be called South Central Migrant Resource Centre. Provides social support, day centre based ethno-specific language classes (such as Russian & Chinese) for older migrants & new arrivals & support with other issues affecting migrants. Telephone interpreting & on-site interpeting available. Social Workers by appointment only. No counselling provided, referral service only.
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Community Visitor Scheme Emerald
QLD, Australia
The Community Visitors Scheme is a national programme funded by the Commonwealth Government. Programme aims to enrich the quality of life of residents of aged care homes who are socially isolated or lonely, and would benefit from a friendly visitor. Contact Lorna Hicks. Visitable site - Central Highlands Nursing Home (Avalon).
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Community Visitor Scheme Hervey Bay
QLD, Australia
Community Visitors Scheme is a national programme funded by the Commonwealth Government. The programme aims to enrich the quality of life of residents of aged care homes who are socially isolated or lonely, and would benefit from a friendly visitor. Visitable sites - Fairhaven Nursing Home Maryborough; Point Vernon.
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Community Visitor Scheme Gladstone and Rockhampton
QLD, Australia
The programme aims to enrich the quality of life of residents of aged care homes who are socially isolated or lonely and would benefit from a friendly visitor. Contact Robyn Dingle. visitable sites - Alchera Park Calliope; Bindaree Lodge Boyne Island; Alexandra Gardens Rockhampton; Gracemere Gardens Gracemere; Bethany Home; Eventide Home; Leinster Place; North Rockhampton; Benevolent; Shalom; Capricorn Adventist - Yeppoon.
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Community Visitor Scheme Kingaroy
QLD, Australia
The Community Visitors Scheme is a national programme funded by the Commonwealth Government. The programme aims to enrich the quality of life of residents of aged care homes who are socially isolated or lonely, and would benefit from a friendly visitor. Contact Olivine Rowe. Visitable sites - Farrholme; Orana Nursing Home; St Aubyns Kingaroy; Weinholt Wondai.
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Community Visitors Scheme - Toowoomba
QLD, Australia
Provides social support for residents of aged care facilities through a network of volunteer visitors. Brochure held in centre. Visits to Beauabara Lodge - Pittsworth, Brodribb, Salem, Rangehaven, Rangeview, Salem Northridge, Blue Care Village, Tricare - all of Toowoomba and Tabeel Lutheran Home Laidley Full list in Directories Folder on Bookshelf
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Community Visitors Scheme - Townsville
QLD, Australia
Provides a friendship based link between the community and lonely, isolated aged persons through support and training. Volunteers visit residents in nursing homes. Also co-ordinates Support Group Meetings. Trains interested members of the public and then introduces them to an elderly person residing in an aged care facility with the aim of forming friendships and alleviating isolation and loneliness.
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Community Visitors Scheme - Mackay
QLD, Australia
Volunteer visitors visit socially isolated clients for companionship either in a aged care facility or a private home.
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Community Visitors Scheme - BCA - Burdekin
QLD, Australia
Provides regular visits to lonely and isolated residents of Aged Care Facilities in the Burdekin District.
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Whitsunday Community Visitor's Scheme
QLD, Australia
Provides friendship and a link with the community for residents of the Proserpine Aged Care facility.
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QLD, Australia
Mt Gravatt Nursing Centre comprises 148 high care beds and a 16 bed special care unit for people with dementia. Services and facilities include physiotherapist, diversional therapist, hairdresser, barber, podiatrist and 24 hour emergency call system. Extra service wings now in place.
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QLD, Australia
113 High care beds only. 24 hour emergency call system. Dementia care but NOT Dementia Secure (no provision for people who wanders off premises).
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Community Visitors Scheme - Wynnum Baptist Church
QLD, Australia
The Community Visitors Scheme is a national service providing volunteers for companion care to residents of residential aged care facilities who have limited family / social contact and are socially isolated. Centres visited: Georgina Hostel, Buckingham Gardens, Carindale Crt N/HClem Jones Home, Edwin Marsden Home Moreton Bay N/H, Nazareth House, Pleasantville, The Pines , Prince Willem Alexadrer Village,Regis Grange, Mandalay, Wellington Park NH, Carindale NH, Carindale Brooke, Lake Sherrin complex, Redland Residential Care, Tri-Care Mt Gravatt Private Hostel. Visitor on a one to one basis fortnightly. Wheelchair access - ground level or lift. Transport: Volunteers must be able to provide own transport or get their own public transport.
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Community Visitors Scheme - Diversicare
QLD, Australia
The Community Visitors Scheme is a national service providing volunteers for companion care to residents of residential aged care facilities who have limited family / social contact and are socially isolated. Service covers visitors for persons from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in aged care facilities in Brisbane South and North. A range of facilities are visited, including Belasco Court, Algester Lodge, Moreton Bay Nursing Care Unit, Bethany Riverside Village (Norman Park), Beenleigh Nursing Home, Beth Eden (Graceville), Tricare Annerley, Treetops Nursing Home, Rosalie Nursing Home, Palm Lodge, Annerley Nursing Home, Coorparoo Nursing Home and Woodlands.
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Community Visitors Scheme Nambour
QLD, Australia
Runs the Community Vistors Scheme which aims to provide volunteer support to residents of Commonwealth subsidised aged care homes who are socially isolated, and whose quality of life would be improved by friendship and companionship.
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Caboolture Business Enterprise Centre
QLD, Australia
Also runs the Community Visitors Scheme which aims to provide volunteer support to residents of Commonwealth subsidised aged care homes who are socially isolated, and whose quality of life would be improved by friendship and companionship.
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Community Visitors Scheme - Cairns
QLD, Australia
This is a group of people who visit people in aged residential or nursing homes and offer friendship and social support to people without families or friends.
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Tricare - Pimpama Nursing Centre Gold Coast
QLD, Australia
Gold Coast Tricare - Pimpama Nursing Centre High care facility. 140 beds. Dementia specific unit.
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QLD, Australia
Gold Coast Mudgeeraba Nursing Centre High Care facility. 61 beds. Special needs dementia unit.
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Ozanam Villa Nursing Home and Hostel
QLD, Australia
Gold Coast Ozanam Villa Nursing Home and Hostel 86 High Care Beds 81 Low Care Beds, 16 Dementia Special beds. Ageing in Place.
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Pineshaven Residential Care Centre
QLD, Australia
Gold Coast Pineshaven Residential Care Centre Low care facility, Ageing in place. Dementia Unit.
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Community Visitors Scheme - Penrith/Hawkesbury
NSW, Australia
The objective of the Community Visitors Scheme is to provide one on one volunteeer visitors to residents of Commonwealth subsidised aged care homes who are socially isolated and whose quality of life would be improved by friendship and companionship.
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Community Visitors Scheme - Dubbo
NSW, Australia
The Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) is a national programme funded by the Australian Government. Volunteer community visitors visit people within aged care homes who have been identified as lonely or socially isolated. Volunteers visit Ozanam Villa, Orana Gardens Lodge, Orana Gardens High Care Facility, Bracken House, Holy Spirit Dubbo and Dubbo Nursing Home in Dubbo, and Maranatha House and Bellhaven Nursing Home in Wellington. This Year 2008 will be investigate visiting at Timbrebongie and Narromine.
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Uniting Care - Mudgee Community Visitors Scheme
NSW, Australia
The Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) is a national programme funded by the Australian Government. Volunteers visit people living in aged care homes who have been identified as being lonely or socially isolated. Visit the following aged care facilities: Pioneer House Nursing Home and Mudgee Nursing Home in Mudgee, ADA Cottages in Kandos and Rylstone, Wenonah Lodge in Gulgong, Kahkama House in Dunedoo, and Coolah Hostel. Visitors visit their resident weekly or fortnightly.
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Hunters Hill Ryde - Community Visitors Scheme
NSW, Australia
The Community Visitors Scheme provides one on one volunteer visitors to residents of Australian Government funded aged care homes who are socially isolated and whose quality of life would be improved by friendship and companionship. Volunteers visit for 1 or 2 hours a fortnight.
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Dutch Aged Care (WA) Inc. - Home Visitors Scheme
WA, Australia
The Home Visitors Scheme is directed specifically at people from a Dutch background who are socially and/or culturally isolated in the community and whose quality of life would be improved by friendship and companionship by one on one visits from Dutch speaking volunteers.
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Dutch Aged Care (WA) Inc. - Community Visitors Scheme
WA, Australia
The Community Visitors Scheme aims to provide one on one Dutch speaking volunteer visitors to Dutch residents of Commonwealth subsidised Aged Care Homes who are socially and/or culturally isolated and whose quality of life would be improved by friendship and companionship.
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The Community Visitors Scheme is a Federal Government initiative to help establish links between people living in an aged care facility and their local community. The objective of the Scheme is to improve the quality of life of residents of aged care facilities who have limited family and social contact and may be at risk of isolation from the general community for social or cultural reasons or through disability. A community visitor befriends a resident of a facility who has been identified by the facility, as being at risk of isolation.
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Australian Red Cross volunteers befriend a resident of an aged care home to increase the person's social contact and their participation in community activities. The Community Visitors Scheme is a federally funded initiative.
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UnitingCare Ballarat - Aged and Disability Services
VIC, Australia
Provides social support, companionship, group visiting, bus trips and in house activities to those who reside in Supported Residential Services (SRS) accommodation.
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Community Visitors Scheme - Community Care (NESB)
TAS, Australia
The Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) is a federal funded program established to promote links beween people living in an aged care home and the wider community. The scheme aims to enrich the quality of life of residents in aged care homes who may be socially isolated or lonely.
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NSW, Australia
'Hands on' is a service provided for long-term patients in hosptials, aged care facilities, mental health units and day respite centres across NSW. Community Care 'Hands On' is a service provided for long-term patients in hospitals, aged care facilities, mental health units and day respite centres across New South Wales. Through face and hand massage and manicures, as well as the provision of companionship and emotional support, the Community Care 'Hands On' program aims to provide relief from the potentially debilitating effects of being in a clinical environment. Community Care 'Hands On' aims to improve the quality of life, self-confidence and well-being of patients and, indirectly, the volunteers who deliver the service, through the opportunity to share the power of personal touch with another.
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Community Visitors Scheme - Australian Red Cross
WA, Australia
The Community Visitors Scheme is a volunteer program providing one to one visits to a resident of an Aged Care Facility who may be socially isolated or would benefit by having a regular visit from the same volunteer. The visitors can spend time of social interaction in a variety of ways eg: chatting, reading, board games, music, outings if appropriate etc. but not in care work. The service operates in regional and rural areas of WA (NOT METRO) where volunteers are available and no other funded service already operates the CVS. Updated September 2008
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Australian Red Cross - Community Visitors Scheme
QLD, Australia
The Community Visitors Scheme is a free service delivered by red cross volunteers who make regular visits to individual residents of aged care facilities. Community Visitor volunteers are good listeners and offer special one-on-one contact with elderly residents.
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QLD, Australia
Provides a free service delivered by Red Cross volunteers who make regular visits to individual residents of aged care facilities. Offer special one-on-one contact with elderly residents.
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YMCA - Community Visitors Scheme
NSW, Australia
The Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) matches volunteer visitors with individual nursing home and hostel residents. The Scheme (funded by the Dept of Health and Ageing) provides a highly rewarding and satisfying volunteer experience whilst alleviating the loneliness and isolation experienced by older and disabled persons living in local nursing homes and hostels. Residents and visitors are individually matched, ensuring close compatibility in personality, interests and backgrounds. For example, a visitor with an interest or hobby, whether it be gardening, chess or football, will be matched as closely as possible to a resident with compatible interests. Visitors may spend time simply chatting, or perhaps go on walks, sightseeing or even shopping excursions. YMCA is responsible for 15 aged care facilities in the Parramatta Western Region.
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Community Visitors Scheme - Gympie
QLD, Australia
Community Visitors Scheme is a national program funded by the Commonwealth Government. The program aims to enrich the quality of life for residents of aged care homes who are socially isolated or lonely, and would benefit from a friendly visitor. Visitable sites - Cooinda; cooloola coast hostel; grevillea gardens; lister nursing home; winston house.
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Community Visitors Scheme - (CVS)
NSW, Australia
The Community Visitors Scheme aims to enrich the quality of life of residents of aged care homes who are socially isolated or lonely, and would benefit from a friendly visior. The CVS also helps to establish links between people living in aged care homes and their local community.
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Community Visitors Scheme: Australian Red Cross
NSW, Australia
The Community Visitors Scheme matches volunteer visitors with residents of Aged Care Facilities who may experience loneliness and social isolation due to limited family and community contact. Visits are regular and guidance and support is offered.
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New Hope Migrant and Refugee Centre - Clarinda
VIC, Australia
Used to be called South Central Migrant Resource Centre. Provides social support, day centre based ethno-specific language classes (such as Russian & Chinese) for older migrants & new arrivals & support with other issues affecting migrants. Telephone interpreting & on-site interpeting available. Social Workers by appointment only. No counselling provided, referral service only.
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VIC, Australia
Visiting Friends is a volunteer-run program of the St John Ambulance Service, providing visits to residents of aged care homes.
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Community Visitor Scheme - MSW
WA, Australia
The Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) is a national program that provides companionship to socially isolated people living in aged care homes. Residents in ACFs may become lonely because of limited family and social contact, for cultural reasons, or through disability CVS auspices recruit, train and monitor volunteers to visit those residents in ACFs. The CVS auspices in the MSW are: Baptistcare, 52 Kishorn Road APPLECROSS . Ph 9282 8600 Kwinana Home Support 157 Medina Avenue MEDINA .Ph 9439 3747 Melville Cares 21 Hammad Street PALMYRA . Ph 9319 0900 Red Cross 110 Goderich Street east PERTH . Ph 9225 8888 CALD specific CVS auspices that are metro-wide are: ChungWah Association, 128 James Street NORTHBRIDGE Ph 9328 3988 Dutch Australian Community Services of WA Inc, 230 Cambridge St WEMBLEY Ph 9382 4186 Italo Australian Welfare and Cultural Centre, 209 Fitzgerald St PERTH . Ph 9228 2220 WA Association of Polish Women 33 Eighth Street, MAYLANDS. Ph 9271 2026
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