Community Visitors Scheme a Hit With Aged Care Residents

Manning Support Services' (MSS) Community Visitor Scheme is designed to support the elderly in residential aged care. Residents may not have any or only a few family members in the area who can visit them regularly, so MSS volunteers fill the gap by visiting their designated resident once a fortnight.

Residential aged care homes are very welcoming of MSS volunteers who visit one on one, as it adds pleasure to the quality of life of so many residents who benefit from the program.

Peter, one of MSS' friendly volunteers, has been seeing Lloyd for about five years. Peter visits Lloyd every fortnight on a Thursday at the same time at Lloyd's residential aged care home. 

As a volunteer, Manning Support Services' program makes you feel like you are giving back to the older community, which once gave so much for us. The required time is one hour per fortnight, however volunteers can visit as often as you like.

One of MSS' volunteers said, “helping people smile, taking them for a walk, saying hello to others I have met, it makes me feel good helping others”.

Find out more about Manning Support Services.