Introduction

Care Team Ministry
Replication Education Module

Background on Care Team
   Concept Development
History of Care Team Ministry
Definitions
Description and Parameters
Where Can Care Team Ministry
    Be Established?
How Do Teams Work?
Why Only 1-2 Hours?
Referrals
Calling Volunteers
Risk Management/Background
    Checks
Training
Care Team Established
Support of Volunteers
Ongoing Reporting
Cycle of Care Teams
Lessons Learned
Forming a Care Team Ministry -
    How to Get Started
Orientation for Organizations:
    Step 1, 2, 3
Media Information
Research & Resources
Conclusion and Sending Forth
Care Team Ministry Forms

Care Team Ministry
Volunteer Guidebook

Definitions

The Normandale Center for Healing & Wholeness Care Team Ministry uses the following terms:

Care Team – comprised of 1-6 trained volunteers formed especially around the needs of a particular Care Receiver.

Care Receiver – a senior (elderly adult) who needs assistance from a family member(s) or firend to stay in his/her own home or in the community (avoiding permanent nursing home placement, if possible).

Caregiver – usually a family member, an adult child or a spouse, who participates in caring for a senior. Sometimes the caregiver is also responsible for making decisions on behalf of the senior. The family caregiver may or may not live under the same roof or in the same town or state as the Care Receiver. Caregivers may assist or support the senior emotionally, physically, financially, or help with decision-making.

Care Team Coordinator/Lay Team Leader – The individual who receives the referrals for seniors in need. The Coordinator will:

• meet with the Caregiver and/or Care Receiver to determine needs,
• arrive at an agreed-upon primary need that can be fulfilled by a volunteer,
• call volunteers to see about their interest in providing a service to a senior,
• train the volunteer,
• support volunteers as they provide service out in the community;
• respond to ongoing issues and questions of the caregiver, care receiver, or volunteer.