Volunteers greet new mothers, offer congratulations, and take a photo if the parents wish. Spend time with children in outpatient clinics as they await weekly treatments and checkups, including chemotherapy. Volunteers help make the wait pleasant with games, books, etc. In addition to group activities, volunteers may be asked to make bedside visits to read a story or play a game. Part of the Children's Medical Center, KCRC provides comprehensive rehabilitation services for children, both inpatients and outpatients.
Volunteers assist in therapeutic activities, play activities, and support activities.
This new program focuses volunteer attention and support on the family and friends of patients being treated in Intensive Care Units. Volunteers staff the waiting room in the ED, supporting the families of patients receiving emergency treatment. Volunteers track patients' progress, facilitate communication with medical staff, direct families and patients to hospital and community resources, and offer support as families await news of their loved ones. Based at the West Information Desk, Escort Volunteers lead outpatients and visitors to the appropriate clinic or office, chatting and pointing out landmarks along the way. Families also benefit from contact with the volunteer as they wait for news of their loved one.