Use your Tech Skills to Help Older Adults

Do you have a passion for technology and helping others? Are you looking for a way to apply your experience working with Zoom and other virtual platforms? You might be a great fit for the Safety Observer Volunteer role with Southern Maine Agency on Aging's Agewell programs!

Agewell offers two health and wellness classes for seniors: Tai Chi for Health & Balance and A Matter of Balance. Both are evidence-based to reduce the risk of falls among older adult participants. When we lead these classes virtually, we are able to reach many of our older neighborswho face barriers to in-person classes such as transportationavailability and cost, caregiving duties, and even Maine's winter weather! However, virtual classes bring a host of challenges as participantslearn the platform (Zoom) and we ensure safe practice remotely.

The Agewell Safety Observer Volunteer will track attendance, monitor class both visually and auditorily, and admit virtual participants from the waiting room to the class. The Safety Observer supports participants with technical questions to the best of their ability, and actsas the conduit between the participants and the class instructorasking (but not providing) for modifications or clarifications as needed andproviding feedback to the instructor about technical issues.

We have an urgent demand for Safety Observer Volunteers! Please reach out [email protected]to use your tech skills to make a difference for our older neighbors!

Assignment:Volunteers can begin right away after they attend a training. Volunteerscan contact SMAA Volunteer Services for more information at [email protected] or 207-396-6595.