{"id":2855,"date":"2024-03-14T04:30:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T04:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=2855"},"modified":"2024-03-14T04:31:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T04:31:27","slug":"volunteer-do-you-or-do-you-know-anyone-who-wants-to-make-a-person-in-residential-aged-care-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/retirement\/volunteer-do-you-or-do-you-know-anyone-who-wants-to-make-a-person-in-residential-aged-care-smile\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer: Do you or do you know anyone who wants to make a person in residential aged care smile?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2855\" class=\"elementor elementor-2855\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-513df72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"513df72\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3039b6e\" data-id=\"3039b6e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da90755 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da90755\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>V<strong>olunteers have been the backbone of the residential aged care sector but since the arrival of COVID-19, they have dropped away significantly.<\/strong><\/p><p>Peak body Volunteering Australia said in its Aged Care Census 2020, there were 11,980 volunteers in residential aged care (a decline of 49% from 2016) in November 2020.<\/p><p>Now the Australian Government has launched the Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS), a new name for the Community Visitors Scheme, which aims to improve the quality of life of aged care residents through personal visits.<\/p><p>Volunteers provide friendship and companionship and hold a special place in any residential aged care centre team, especially in a Not For Profit organisation, as they assist in delivering activities to personalise the care needs for every resident.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bad3e16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bad3e16\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d34d7f7\" data-id=\"d34d7f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db6975d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db6975d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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