Can you speak Cantonese? - lonely culturally isolated lady in Mulgrave
Latrobe Community Health/Link Health and Community
- Mulgrave Victoria
- Category: Seniors & Aged Care
- Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care
A friendly volunteer visitor who is able to converse in Cantonese is needed to visit culturally isolated female in a facility in Mulgrave. The lady is originally from Hong Kong and enjoyed travelling the world withg her late husband. With no family and limited English, she has become very isolated. The aim of the Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme is for volunteers to develop a friendship with a resident who have become isolated. Face to face visits at least once per fortnight.