title: To ease their stay: the "Welcome a New Resident" volunteer program.
abstract: To ease the transition for new residents from the community to the nursing home, the Department of Volunteer Services at The Jewish Home and Hospital for Aged (JHHA) Manhattan Division created a "Welcome a New Resident" Program. An interdisciplinary group of Department Heads and Administration saw the need and, with their considerable advice, the program took shape. Since May 1989 specially-trained volunteers have had eight to ten weekly sessions with residents in their first months following admission. The volunteers answer residents' questions and assist them in finding their way around a very large facility, learning how to accomplish simple tasks for themselves and, most important, to become part of their new community by participating in activities and meeting other residents.
authors: Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, New York City.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Gitelman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews; D007587:Job Description; D009519:New York City; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012944:Social Support; D014838:Volunteers