Are physical and mental health screenings considered a health care service?
If these tasks are being performed by skilled professionals such [...]
How does the RFP define “nonmedical” services versus “health care services”?
Nonmedical services are those tasks which can be performed by [...]
What about providing caregiver respite services for persons with dementia. The volunteer would need specialized dementia training regarding communication, but they will only provide nonmedical assistance.
Additional training for volunteers is appropriate to assist them in [...]
The line between helping with ADLs and medical care is a little wiggly – so, where would laundry fall, for instance?
Laundry is an IADL, instrumental activity of daily living. ADLs [...]
When an organization has several, separate volunteer-run programs serving the prerequisite eligible populations, is there a recommendation or hard limit to the number of programs incorporated into the grant proposal?
We have no restrictions on the number of volunteer-assisted opportunities [...]
ls there a requirement regarding how many instrumental activities of daily living that the person requires assistance with? Is this something the agency determines? If based on a social services assessment with the older adult, they state they only need help with laundry. Are we limited to only providing laundry assistance to them? Could the volunteer also provide housekeeping and cooking if requested by the older adult while they are working with them?
There is no requirement for the amount of assistance with [...]
Does that include mentorship?
Mentorship is an allowable volunteer model.
Can we include volunteer activities such as doing outreach in the community to notify older adults of our services?
See section 1.2.4.7. Grantees may utilize volunteers for program administration [...]
Can we count college interns as volunteers if they receive a stipend as part of their internship? What if the university covers the stipend cost?
Yes. We do not have a restriction on stipends to [...]
Can students provide nonmedical volunteer assistance?
All volunteers must be 18 years of age or older [...]
