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Volunteers provide valuable support to the Day Care services, talking to patients, serving meals (as well as their favourite tipple before lunch!) and driving patients to and from home so that carers can have more time for themselves. A new role introduced has been that of receptionist, assisting the nurses with the smooth operational running of Day Care, dealing with the many enquiries from our community colleagues as well as answering the telephone, keeping shelves stocked and generally freeing up nursing time which then benefits the patients. One day a week is devoted to providing an opportunity for patients to turn their hand to art work; it is amazing what people can do with a little encouragement and plenty of enthusiastic support and skill. We have also seen the introduction of a craft day where the patients (and the staff) have been surprised and delighted with the work they have produced. We plan to make use of these fantastic results to produce greetings cards and calendars that can be offered for sale. The keen gardeners among our patients have been encouraged to create a raised garden area adjacent to Day Care with pot plants, lettuce, tomatoes and other produce which can then be offered for sale. This has all been made possible by the encouragement and supervision of the volunteers.
Sue Lattey
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