Simsbury Retirement Home Seeks Volunteers

McLean

SIMSBURY, CT — A local retirement/assisted living facility is seeking the public's help as it searches for volunteers to help some of its most vulnerable residents.

The organization is looking for folks to become a "memory care volunteer" with McLean, which is located at 75 Great Pond Road, Simsbury.

They are needed to "help support those in our community who are living with dementia and their caregivers," wrote McLean in an announcement.

McLean is a not-for-profit senior living community offering independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, post-acute care, outpatient rehabilitation and wellness, home care, and hospice.

McLean’s memory care volunteers provide a range of non-medical services to those with memory impairment.

“Our volunteers are the sources of meaningful care for the clients, but also much-needed
support for the clients’ caregivers and families – that little break that the volunteers
provide means so much,” said McLean’s Director of Assisted Living Ann Pavano.

Volunteer services may include one-to-one social interaction; sharing a passion
for a hobby, music or art; helping to write someone’s life history with them; reading
aloud; or just simply engaging in much-needed conversation and companionship.

The frequency of the visits will vary depending upon client needs and volunteer availability.

McLean will provide volunteers with an orientation and training.

The training includes an in-person interview, plus two four-hour classes featuring presentations from expert guest speakers on a wide-range of relevant topics.

McLean’s Memory Care Training Program was developed through a partnership with the
Alzheimer’s Association and was the first program of its kind in the country.

The Memory Care Training Program will take place Sept. 27 and Sept. 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at McLean’s Health Center, 75 Great Pond Road, Simsbury.

For more information or to register for the program, call Ann Pavano at 860-658-3941 by Sept. 20, or visit this link.

For more information on McLean in Simsbury, visit this link.