Visiting Service

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A visiting service or visitor service is a service that has the task of visiting a person or group of mostly needy , socially disadvantaged , or lonely people or animals in need of examination. These usually take place in voluntary work (for example by churches and parishes), as well as by medical, therapeutic , social , spiritual , educational or nursing staff. Visitor services can take place in private households, social institutions, hospitals and clinics, old people's / handicapped / children's / refugee homes, educational systems, churches or other countries.

Reasons for visiting services

  • Keeping company and limiting loneliness ; Engage in activities and activities together, paying attention, and providing entertainment and / or conversation
  • Offer advice and assistance or pass on knowledge
  • Giving gifts or providing items such as food, blankets, etc.
  • Accompany, support and / or relieve everyday tasks such as visiting, shopping and other errands
  • Proselytizing and promoting something
  • Pastoral care (encouragement, comfort, listening, etc.)
  • medical and / or therapeutic examinations
  • Bring people together

Examples of people visited

  • People with physical problems that restrict participation in social life and the ability to leave the home
  • People with psychological, intellectual and / or social problems that restrict participation in social life and leaving the house or who run the risk of harming themselves or others
  • People who are threatened with existence, such as B. Homeless
  • People with illnesses or disabilities
  • excluded people z. B. stigmatized or deprived of liberty
  • People with financial problems that restrict participation in social life and leaving the home
  • Children and young people who should be supported in their development
  • Seniors struggling with physical, mental and social problems of old age
  • Patients undergoing therapeutic or medical treatment
  • People struggling with problems in developing countries ( development aid ) and refugees
  • Help and support for people with a migration background and / or communication problems

literature

  • Jean O. Gibson: Visiting Service - The Forgotten Opportunity? Christian Media Service, Hünfeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-939833-17-8 .
  • Cornelia Rappe, Christoph Robrecht (Ed.): I want to visit you! The little book for the voluntary visiting service in hospitals and old people's homes . Bonifatius, Paderborn 2015, ISBN 978-3-89710-618-5 .
  • Dorothee Peglau (Hrsg.): Handbook Visiting Service: Tips, Workshops, Church Services . Luther-Verlag, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-7858-0578-7 .
  • Ralf Dziewas: Stay by my side: A guide for visiting old and sick people . 2nd Edition. SCM R. Brockhaus, Witten 2009, ISBN 978-3-417-20599-2 .