Prior to beginning working with the residents it was required of me to hand in a police background check as well as TB test. This was not a problem for me because I already had these things done for my job. We also had to attend an orientation session at the facility. This lasted approximately 3 hours and we got a tour of both buildings as well as an understanding of what our responsibilities were to be. This was a long day with a lot of paper work to go through, but all of it was certainly neccesary. We got instructions about emergency situations, as well as how to properly push residents that were wheelchair bound. I found this session very helpful and informative.
After the first the first introduction and orientation session my group had to meet with the volunteer co-coordinator Karin. We met for an hour and went over a few of the goals and concerns that each side had. After the session she told us that she would have a list of interested residents for us to work with. We spent approximately one hour and after I left I was very excited about this opportunity. It seemed that she was searching for just interested residents, which would make working with them that much easier, as opposed to just forcing them into participating.
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