Sunrise View Retirement Villa & Convalescent Center

The organization I will be volunteer for is Sunrise View Retirement Villa & Convalescent Center located in Everett, WA. Sunrise "began as a private home. Licensed as the Lillian A. Abrahamson Nursing home" (Historical information from handbook). The home provides elderly a place that he or she is able to live with additional assistance but on his or her own. I will be assisting the activity directors with arts and craft projects, interactive games with the community whom reside in the home. The site is divided in to two groups one is almost like a hospital, they need 24 hour assistance from licensed nurses. The other group is pretty independent just needing a little guidance and assistance. I do not start my volunteer time until January 30th, but I can say from the interview I was able to observe some activity. Music was playing through the halls and groups were gathered in the cafeteria for lunch. As we walked down the other hall way the picture of a hospital floor with nurse staff attending the needs of the elder patients is what was seen. The smell reminded me of when I was a child and accompanied my grandma to work as she worked in a retirement home. A mix of older perfume and hospital sterile smells. To be completely honest I chose this service because they were able to work with my schedule, I am a banker and work every other Saturday. I was truly opened to volunteering at any of the service learning sites, I guess you could say they chose me because they were able to be flexible with me.