Care of the Elderly:
Tips for Youth Volunteers
Tasks that may be needed to be
performed by youth volunteers
(Compiled out of contributions
from members of sss-global group)
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Run errands – buy vegetables, food, provisions, medicines etc
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Deposit cheques and collect cash – cash cheques from Banks
/ ATMs
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Accompany the elder, to doctor, hospital etc
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Read out letters, books etc
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Sit and listen to their talking & give company
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Help in kitchen, cut vegetables, cook, grind materials using
mixie
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Get, supervise and arrange for small repair works plumbing
electrical etc
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Keep company at night when sick
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Get things repaired – spectacles, hearing aids etc
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Help as relief / substitute when regular care giver is
unavailable for a couple of hours
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Get laundry. Dhobi work done
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Pay bills – water, electricity, taxes etc
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Get photocopies, post courier parcels letters.
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Make a list of things to be done and remind the elder over phone
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I think
the most important thing they can do is to teach how to deal/communicate with
and understand todays' young generation.
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Teach them use of smart gadgets like smart mobile. Explain and, if
possible, rectify aberrations in use of laptops, tabs etc
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Teach use of e-readers, synchronization with mobile and laptop and
the like
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They may help in: 1)paying bills.2)Cash withdrawals.3)Kitchen
help.4)Running errands.5)Taking to doctors.
* Teach how to deal / communicate with understanding today's younger generation.
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