Aging and Health Services
Caitlin Boyer
| AgencyName | LearningOpportunityTitle | ServiceLearnerDuties | City |
| Avante at Harrisonburg | Activities Assistance/ Adopt-A-Grandparent | Avante is a Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Service opportunitites include pet therapy, one-on-one visiting with residents, assisting with bingo, games, crafts, sing-a-longs, etc. www.avantegroup.com/index.htm Distance From JMU: 1.0 Miles | Harrisonburg |
| Bridgewater Retirement Community | Friendly Visiting and Interaction | Bridgewater Retirement Community has opportunities to visit with residents, help in beauty shop each weekday, play games with residents, help with feeding at mealtime, assist with restorative care (physical therapy department), take residents for wheelchair rides or walks outside. Www.bridgewaterretirement.com Distance From JMU: 7.3 Miles | Bridgewater |
| Bridgewater Retirement Community | Office Assistance | Bridgewater Retirement Community has opportunities for service learners to help with filing in the Social Services, Nursing, and Dining Services and Pharmacy offices and help with office work for volunteer services. www.bridgewaterretirement.com Distance From JMU: 7.3 Miles | Bridgewater |
| Harrisonburg Dental Clinic | Office Aid/Dental Aide/Child Aide | Harrisonburg Dental Clinic works in cooperation with Harrisonburg Health Department to provide medical care to Harrisonburg dental patients. Service opportunities include office duties, interviewing patients, working with children, hands-on dental experience also available. At times need Spanish or Russian translation. The Dental Clinic is a wonderful oppportunity for pre-med or pre-dental students. STUDENTS MUST ORGINALLY BE FROM AREAS OTHER THAN HARRISONBURG/ROCKINGHAM due to VA Privacy Act. Distance From JMU: 0.9 Miles | Harrisonburg |
| Harrisonburg Health and Rehabilitation Center | Activities Assistance/ Adopt-a-Grandparent | Harrisonburg Health and Rehabilitation Center provides a range of therapeutic programs for optimal recovery. Service opportunities include assisting with games and activities, parties (birthday and seasonal), one-on-one visiting in the adopt-a-grandparent program, moving wheelchairs, or creating a new activity. www.mfa.net/harrisonburg Distance From JMU: 1.2 Miles | Harrisonburg |
| Harrisonburg Health Department | Office Aid | The Harrisonburg Health Department provides health services for the citizens of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. Service opportunities include office filing, computer work, mailing and organizing patient charts www.thehealthdepartment.org. Distance From JMU: 0.9 Miles | Harrisonburg |
| Loyalton of Harrisonburg | Activities Assistance/ Adopt-A-Grandparent | Loyalton offers assisted living services for seniors who need help with daily living but want to maintain independence. Service opportunities include assisting with leisure activities and special events, 1 on 1 visits with residents, sharing a talent with residents, and adopt-a-grandparent. www.seniorhousingnet.com/sr/loyaltonharrisonburg Distance From JMU: 3.2 Miles | Harrisonburg |
| Price Rotary Senior Center | "Meals on Wheels" Kitchen Helper | Price Rotary is an activity center that provides activities for active elderly on Monday, Thursday and Friday from 9 am until 1 pm. The center also delivers approximately 100 meals daily (Monday through Friday) through paid drivers and volunteers. Distance From JMU: 0.7 Miles | Harrisonburg |
| Price Rotary Senior Center | "Meals on Wheels" deliverer- Harrisonburg City | Price Rotary is an activity center that provides activities for active elderly on Monday, Thursday and Friday from 9 am until 1 pm. The center also delivers approximately 100 meals daily (Monday through Friday) through paid drivers and volunteers. Distance From JMU: 0.7 Miles | Harrisonburg |
| Sunnyside Retirement Community | Assited Living Activities Assistant | The Activities Department seeks volunteers to help with activities in assisted living and our memory impaired units. Possible times: Monday 12:30-2 in Assisted Living, Tuesday 9:45-11 in Assisted Living, Thursday 10-11:30 in Assisted Living, Daily from 10-11:30am & 2-4 in the memory impaired unit (Terrace) Distance From JMU: 4.9 Miles | Harrisonburg |
| Sunnyside Retirement Community | Admin. Support-Health Care Center & vol. office | Sunnyside Retirement Community needs service learners to provide clerical and administrative support to social service and nurse coordinators in the Health Care and Assisted Living areas of Sunnyside. Responsibilities include filing, copying, updating memo boards, and serving as a medical records clerk. The student should be motivated, responsible, organized, and show professionalism consistently. The ability to work in a dynamic environment and exhibit creativity will be beneficial. Proficient computer and administrative skills are preferred. Www.sunnyside.cc Distance From JMU: 4.9 Miles | Harrisonburg |
| Sunnyside Retirement Community | Activities Assistant/Friendly Visitor, health care | Sunnyside is a continuing care community. Service opportunities include music, games, manicures, activities, crafts, teas, visiting, transporting, letter writing, reading, and events. www.sunnyside.cc Distance From JMU: 4.9 Miles | Harrisonburg |
| Univ. Health Center's Student Wellness & Outreach | Special Projects Help | Service learners will be involved in helping plan and market major events of the center, including Take Back the Night, Through the Eyes of a Woman, breast cancer and eating disorder awareness activities, and the many other health and wellness speakers and events sponsored by the office throughout the year. Students are welcome to sit on planning committees for various programs, and participate actively in all events and programs sponsored by the office. | Harrisonburg |
| Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community | Life Enrichment Assistance & Interaction | www.vmrc.org/VMRCPortal/DesktopDefault.aspx Distance From JMU: 2.6 Miles | Harrisonburg |
| White Birch Estates | Activities Assistance & Interaction | White Birch Estates is a living facility with self-sufficient residents. Service opportunities include walking or wheeling residents outside, bingo, visiting room bound residents, arts and crafts, chaperones and transportation, exercise instructors, sing-a-longs, parties, games. www.whitebirchestates.com/index1.htm Distance From JMU: 6.2 Miles | Harrisonburg |