McKnight’s Senior Living September 30, 2024
Volunteering in senior living communities offers significant benefits, including enhancing the emotional well-being of residents and reducing caregiver burnout, which ultimately improves the quality of life for both residents and staff. Additionally, serving as a volunteer provides older adults with a sense of purpose, community engagement, and improved mental and physical health.
Some senior living communities have been offering the support and resources required for residents to engage as active volunteers. Recently, two long-term care administrators-in-training embraced this sentiment and implemented innovative volunteer approaches within their organizations, successfully using independent living residents as volunteers in their communities.
Summary of initiatives and results
The goals of the first program were to increase volunteer numbers by 22%, enhance the time volunteers...
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