This role is to make regular phone calls to care partners of people living with dementia to provide a touchpoint with the organisation and identify the need for any further intervention or support.
Peer Supporters are Otago University Students, who offer support based on the principles of listening, sharing experiences, and having an equal relationship.
Are you a Otago University student who is compassionate, reliable and keen to get involved in your student community?
Share a friendship and help build social connection for someone through helping them exercise at the gym, swimming pool or local walks.
Share a friendship and provide some valuable social time for a classic Kiwi bloke who due to medical condition is no longer able to participate in his former hobbies. Take your buddy out for a drive, to a car show or just catch up for a yarn.
Provide friendship to a person with an intellectual disability! The friendship is online and is flexible, you can fit it into your normal daily routine, and you can do it from your own home.
Help with food, reading stories, singing songs or holding babies to support essential support sessions for local young families!
Give your time by reading specially designed books or providing support at a relaxed reading group 'Tea and Tales' at the Library for people who need memory support.
Bring your smile and listening skills to support an afternoon programme for rest home residents or aged-care folk in the community to promote engagement in meaningful activities.
Bring joy and a cheerful presence to an aged-care rest home resident or member of the community who may have fading memories. Your visit can make their day and help them feel heard and valued.
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