Some people in nursing homes are part of the telephone reassurance program, where a home bound person is called twice a day. Another RSVP volunteer is one of the only prison chaplains in Virginia. He counsels inmates and their families. RSVP is now asking seniors to bring in all their pills to RSVP offices in a brown bag. Volunteer pharmacists will go over the medications to be sure they do not clash.
Volunteers take pets to nursing homes, including a pot-bellied pig, on occasion.
Another takes trips to foreign countries and brings slides to the nursing homes, taking the residents on their own flights of fancy. A worried grandson called about his grandfather. He said he loved fishing. A volunteer called, asking how he could help. The affirmative response was good for both.