Peer Volunteer Meeting : April 25, 2010 Peer Volunteer Meeting
National Council on Aging/ Association on Aging Conference : National Council on Aging/ Association on Aging Conference
Successes! : Successes! March 1-21st
207 New Members
93/207 posted (1)
61/207 posted (2)
75/93 returned after posting
PVs have successfully welcomed 58/93 posters
Members who are not PVs welcomed 16 new members
Only 19 new members did not receive any welcome (typically problem solving)
March Madness : March Madness As we all are coming off of the community’s own “march madness” let’s look at what happened
Daughter Jenn-
Denise Elaine-
Anita Porpoise-
Many members were upset and may have left. Many who left for a while have returned and are “back to normal”
Let’s make sense of these feelings, let’s learn from this
Online Crisis Protocol changes : Online Crisis Protocol changes Policy changes:
Online Crisis Protocol has been edited to add the removal of the threads/posts that have the threats of suicide/homicide
New PVs : New PVs Three New Peer Volunteers are joining the group
Megan L (caring for mom age 57)
MimiS (living with Alzheimer's disease)
Jona- (past caregiver-mom died in Jan, 2010)
Training is scheduled for April 1st 2-4 pm (CDT)
All current PVs are welcomed to join, but it is not mandatory
Our regularly scheduled meeting will change to April 8