Residential Care visits

Join dedicated residential care staff and make a difference to people who can no longer live at home and need a higher level of care. You can support aged care residents through:

• Becoming a friend through regular visits
• Drive a minibus to take residents on local trips in their community
• Assist with pastoral care activities
• Support engaging activities such as exercise programs, cooking, walking, gardening, nail care and arts & crafts

Home visits

As a HammondCare At Home volunteer, you can enjoy the fulfilment of participating in a shared interest with an older person living near you.

Your local Volunteer Coordinator will connect you with someone in your community who is experiencing loneliness or social isolation while living at home.

Pictured above is volunteer Prajdnik Awasthi, who visits John Bush, a former New York Trade Commissioner and avid art collector. Their visits often involve outings to see the latest art exhibits, where they bond over their love of art. Read their story.

Hospital volunteering

Volunteer alongside specialised clinicians, providing a range of services, to help bring meaningful engagement to patients and their visitors. There are many ways you can support people in our care, providing them with much-needed joy, including:

• Taking trolleys room-to-room for morning tea and happy hour
• Helping dreams come true through the Dreams Project
• Supporting therapists in activities including art, music and games
• Capturing a patient’s life story as a biography service volunteer for the Life Stories program

Social Club & Respite Cottage volunteering

HammondCare Social Clubs provide an inclusive environment where older people, including those living with dementia, can take a break from their home environment, connect with their community, and spend time engaging in enjoyable activities and socialising. Our Respite Cottages offer overnight support, while the Social Clubs only operate during the day.

In addition to making a difference to the staff and clients, your support is very much appreciated by the family members and friends of clients who rely on these services to take a much-needed break and enjoy some time away from their caring roles.

Help patients through Community Palliative Care

Help us provide comforting physical and emotional support to people with a progressive life-limiting illness. As a volunteer with our Community Palliative Care Service, you can make an impact through:

• Visiting a patient at home to provide company and give their family a break
• Driving patients to an outing, an appointment, or to do some shopping
• Helping our pastoral care team with pastoral services
• Capturing a patient’s life story as a Biography Service volunteer in the Life Stories program

Pastoral Care volunteering

As a Christian organisation, regardless of a patient, client, or resident's faith, background or circumstances, we are committed to meeting them where they are and providing a listening ear to help answer questions about the changes in their lives.

Pastoral volunteers play a pivotal role in supporting pastoral care. Our pastoral care coordinators offer guidance and practical training to volunteers through the Spiritual Care Series. This training equips volunteers with a holistic understanding of spiritual well-being and teaches them how to provide meaningful support to residents, patients and clients.

Aged Care Volunteer Visitor Scheme (ACVVS)

Funded by the Australian Government, HammondCare is an approved provider of the Aged Care Volunteer Visitor Scheme (ACVVS). If you choose to become a ACVVS volunteer, you will be matched with care recipients of Australian Government-funded residential aged care and home care packages who may be feeling isolated. ACVVS volunteering not only enriches the lives of those supported by HammondCare, but also extends to other participating aged care providers in the ACVVS network.