Resident Care Volunteer

The Schenectady Community Home, Inc. dba Joan Nicole Prince Home is a 2-bed comfort home dedicated to providing a safe, comfortable, caring residence for terminally ill patients in need of a home during their final days. The Home is not a medical facility, has a homelike environment, and is primarily staffed by volunteers. Staff and volunteers serve as a surrogate family care unit for the residents during their stay.

Personal Care of Male and Female Residents

-Assist residents with walking

-Assist with bathing/hygiene as indicated/appropriate

-Monitor for resident safety

-Hair Care - comb/brush

-Mouth Care - brush teeth; clean dentures; use mouth swabs

-Nail Care - clean, file

-Skin Care - apply lotion/give back rub

-Change depends after urine and fecal incontinence, if needed

-Assist with any toileting needs

-Dressing - assist with

-Urinary catheter - empty bag; care of catheter/ tube and bag

-Oxygen - apply cannula, adjust flow rate

Medications - administer meds as prescribed by Hospice; chart date/time given/your initials

Nutrition

-Prepare/serve/cleanup light meals for residents

-Feed/assist resident with eating/feeding

Housekeeping

-Bed - change/make

-Sweep/vacuum/mop/dust as needed

-Kitchen - fill/empty dishwasher

-Trash - empty wastebaskets/recycle

-Laundry - wash resident’s clothing separately, fold and return to resident’s room

Communication

-Communicate appropriate information about resident to JNP staff/ Hospice/other volunteers

Emotional Support

-Learn to be a “good listener” and a healing presence

-Provide emotional support to resident and their family

Remember:

-Understand that that people do die and incidences may happen while you are at the Home. Staff may be in the Home upstairs – call if something occurs.

-Hospice is available 24hrs/day, on-call after 4pm & through out weekends

- JNP Home staff is available 24hrs/day. Someone is ALWAYS on-call whenever staff is not present in the Home