The nurse volunteer provides nursing services at the health screening clinics. The nurses take blood pressures, receives and records health histories, receives and interprets urine samples, and provides prescription counseling. This volunteer helps seniors understand Medicare, Medicaid and supplemental insurance statements. One day a week the volunteer would be available to assist seniors as the agency office. They explain insurance statement and reports and advocate for the senior case of disputes.
Training is required.
Interviewer Volunteers interview interesting Boone County people for publication in the Senior Sounds , Friendly Visitor News , or local newspapers. Office Assistant A volunteer works in the office doing various clerical jobs as needed. Some of the volunteer opportunities would include updating the eldersitting list, transportation list, of fold and correlate the bi-monthly agency newsletter. The volunteer would answer the agency telephone, take messages, transfer calls, take transportation requests and keep a log of incoming calls. This person must be dependable, have good telephone skills and a pleasant telephone voice, be able to hear conversations over the telephone, and have legible handwriting.