Nursing Home Volunteer

[gatewasani]

Hello,

I have previously volunteered at a nursing home (around 75 hours) and am considering starting up a new different nursing home pretty soon. I just want to clarify that Nursing home volunteer can be considered as healthcare/clinical hours for AACOMAS and other applications that ask for healthcare experience.

I'm not sure if AACOMAS explicitly says healthcare experience but I know other Master's applications Do, so I just want to make sure I can put my nursing home volunteer work and it would satisfy.

I only ask, because I wasn't dealing directly with "patients" they were just older people which I led Bingo for or other non-medical (arts and crafts etc...)things.

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[illegallysmooth]

Hello,

I have previously volunteered at a nursing home (around 75 hours) and am considering starting up a new different nursing home pretty soon. I just want to clarify that Nursing home volunteer can be considered as healthcare/clinical hours for AACOMAS and other applications that ask for healthcare experience.

I'm not sure if AACOMAS explicitly says healthcare experience but I know other Master's applications Do, so I just want to make sure I can put my nursing home volunteer work and it would satisfy.

I only ask, because I wasn't dealing directly with "patients" they were just older people which I led Bingo for or other non-medical (arts and crafts etc...)things.

Unless you were involved in some medical capacity (i.e. transport to hospitals, medical clerical work), I don't believe it would be counted as clinical work. I could very easily be wrong, though. At first glance I thought it would definitely count, but then you clarified - they actually aren't patients, just old people playing bingo. If it was a rehab facility or you were involved in any kind of medical care, that would be different.

 

[beckhunter116]

It may not be clinical, but do include it on your application because you can list all volunteering.

 

[gatewasani]

so do you think i'd be better off volunteering some where else?

I'm already volunteering at a hospital so would need something different.

 

[beckhunter116]

Do something you enjoy.

 

[azide10]

Don't mean to hijack the thread but I have a similair question. I have little clinical experience at the moment but will be looking for a paid job in the future to help handle that. Would it be better to volunteer at a nursing home vs. a hospice or does it make no difference at all?

 

[illegallysmooth]

You want volunteer experience. You want clinical experience. Just get both. It doesn't matter what combination of paid/clinical/nonclinical/nonpaid gets you there. I WOULD suggest doing something you care about and enjoy.

From my understanding hospice would be clinical and nursing home would not, unless you're involved in some kind of medical capacity.