IDEM
Since the 1980s, individual helpers and groups (or teams ) of voluntary volunteers have been operating in Swiss hospitals and hospices under the name IDEM (as the abbreviation “In the service of a fellow human being”) . The lay helpers dedicate part of their free time to social activities that directly or indirectly benefit sick, care-dependent and dying patients.
tasks
The tasks generally include:
- Reception and accompaniment when entering the hospital
- Information to visitors and outpatients as well as newly admitted inpatients
- Visits to the sick, talks, walks, games, small errands
- Book lending with a mobile patient library
- Coffee service for patients and visitors