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Team...Ideas...Perfect...Service
T.I.P.S. from experienced Care Team volunteers:
- Call Caregiver or Care Receiver the first of the
week to set up a time for your visit.
- Call to see when their appointments are for the week.
- Pray for them when you’re “off duty.”
- Remember them with cards or little gifts on holidays
and their birthdays. (Flowers from your garden, balloon(s), home-made
greeting cards or gifts, bake and give the surplus above your needs,
copy of interesting newspaper or magazine article.)
- Be aware of any dietary restrictions on food you may
plan to provide.
- If you’re asked, “What have you done today?”
or “What are you going to do when you leave?”, answer honestly
if you feel comfortable doing so. This is the Care Receiver’s
way of getting outside and experiencing life other than their own familiar
routines.
- Share your background, interests, hobbies, experiences
and bits of your family life, as you feel comfortable. This nurtures
the friendship.
- On occasion, you may feel led to sing, to play a piano
which may be in the home, to pray, or to read. Ask their permission,
and respect their feelings. But let the moment be shared, if acceptable.
- Smile…Be happy…Be cheerful. It’s infectious!
- Put yourself in their shoes.
- Remember you are a guest in the Care Receiver’s
home.
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