Hogar de Ancianos Carlos Maria Ulloa (CRC-12)

Type: Health: Elderly - Country: Costa Rica

Brief description and main aims

 The aim of these homes is to provide the elderly with a place for recreation and special attention. Some of these centers take care of the elderly during the day until the evening, while others provide the residents with a place to live during the whole year.

Main Activities

Hogar de Ancianos Carlos Maria Ulloa is the most important home for elderly people in the central area of Costa Rica. They provide a home to elderly people who doesn’t have a family or if their relatives don’t want to take care of them.
They provide and organise exercises and different activities such as workshops: sewing, cooking, handcrafts and painting for the residents.

Volunteer tasks

• To accompany the residents and to share with them.
• To take part in or to organize activities, such as exercises or workshops (sewing, cooking, handicraft, etc.).
• To help with the cleaning, cooking and during the meals.
• To assist in physiotherapy and medical care.

Volunteer requirements / Skills

• Have an intermediate Spanish level,
• Be patient and tolerant,
• Be willing to work with elderly people,
• Be independent and to have initiative,
• Be prepared to carry out many different tasks,
• Be respectful towards the rules of the institution