Opportunity Details | Feeding Friends
Registration for this project is not open for self-registration. Please contact the project organizer listed below for assistance with registration for this project.
| Opportunity Name:
Feeding Friends |
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| Description:
Many of our patients experience difficulty with eating on their own due to their illness or injury. Meals may have become frustrating and challenging, which may reduce the amount of food they are consuming. This could lead to malnutrition, causing more problems and potentially lengthening their hospital stay.
Our Feeding Friends program is working to change that! We aim to provide a positive social environment, much like going to a meal with a friend, in which our patients consume their food.
Patients may need help with:
Volunteers will be specially trained to feed patients and can only feed those to whom they have been assigned. Volunteers will not feed patients who are at risk for choking.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner shifts are available. Please try to commit to at least one meal (preferably 2-4) per week to maintain competency. Once trained, volunteers will have access to sign up for individual shifts.
Training will be held monthly. |
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| Start Date: | Wed, Mar 1, 2023 |
| End Date: | Sun, Dec 2, 2040 |
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| Meeting Location: | UM Rehab & Ortho 2200 Kernan Drive Baltimore, MD 21207  View Map / Get Directions |
| Organizer: | Laurel Gaffney laurel.gaffney@umm.edu 410-448-7388 |
| Category: |
UM Rehab & Ortho |
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Registration for this project is not open for self-registration. Please contact the event organizer listed above for assistance with registration for this project.