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Compass – Guiding Action on Elder Abuse

Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS)

The scheme involves volunteers visiting older people to provide friendship and companionship. Find out how it works, how to become a volunteer and how to request a visit.

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This scheme supports volunteer visits to provide genuine friendship and companionship to older people. 

Visits are available to anyone who: 

  • receives government-subsidised residential aged care or Support at Home package, including care recipients approved or on the National Priority System for residential or Support at Home

  • is socially isolated. 

We work with around 120 community organisations to recruit and support volunteer visitors to visit socially isolated and vulnerable older Australians.

The scheme has been running for over 30 years. It was previously known as the Community Visitors Scheme (CVS).

Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme