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Seeking Hospice Superheroes: Invisible Cape Provided
ORGANIZATION: Horizon Home Care and Hospice
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Put your Superhero powers to the test and join our proud, productive team of Horizon Hospice Volunteers. Our Volunteer Department will provide you an engaging, empowering training (and invisible cape) to prepare you to serve in one of the following ways:
Friendly Visitor
- Be a Superhero to our in-home hospice patients and families throughout Southeastern Wisconsin. Our Volunteer Department carefully matches you to a patient and/or family based on personality, location and availability. We even go with you on your first visit to make warm introductions (and to make sure your invisible cape is operable).
- Your mission: exchange laughter, go on a peaceful walks, play a game of cards, sit and enjoy beautiful music, listen, offer respite to the tired caregiver, offer to help with household chores, etc.
- Your presence as a valued guest to those we are fortunate to serve can easily be arranged around your busy schedule! Volunteers are asked to serve 1-2 hours a week and report their visitations within a 24 hour period.
Hospice Companion
- Be a Superhero at the Horizon Hospice In-Patient Unit in Mequon (located on the second floor of Columbia St. Mary's Hospitial, Ozaukee). Volunteers serve a consistent weekday schedule of 2 - 4 hours a week.
- Your mission: assist nurses with direct patient cares (i.e. feeding, repositioning and/or transporting patients in wheelchairs), exchange laughter, sit and enjoy beautiful music, listen, offer respite to the tired caregiver, etc.
- Hospice Companions also make sure that there is fresh coffee, pastries and flowers on the unit. They take care of the important details that help to make our patients and families feel like home.
We encourage you to take on the challenge of being a Hospice Superhero. We guarantee rewards. PLEASE LEAVE A PHONE NUMBER THAT WE CAN BEST REACH YOU AT - we are eager to get you your invisible cape!
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About Horizon Home Care and Hospice
Location:
11400 West Lake Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53224, US
Mission Statement
Horizon is a home care and hospice provider built on a foundation of care that celebrates the human spirit and the desire for security, comfort, and compassion. We are a professional team of 550+ employees and 150+ volunteers who make a loving difference in the lives of more than 2,500 patients and families throughout Southeastern Wisconsin. The idea of 'home' is central to Horizon. Home means different things to different people, but one thing it should always be is a place where we value each other. It's a place where people genuinely care about the comfort and security of others. We know our purpose is to give our patients home, whatever that means to them, wherever they are. More about Our Local Non-Profit Horizon Home Care & Hospice was established in 1990 and today serves as the second largest full service home care agency and hospice in Wisconsin. We are a local, non-profit organization sponsored by Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital and Columbia St. Mary's Hospital.
Description
Award Winning Volunteer Program
We're some of the nicest people you'll find. Let us get you started on your service experience - we guarantee you’ll feel proud and purposeful. You can choose from one of our many volunteer roles that best match your time and talent.
Hospice volunteers at Horizon serve in many different ways:
They feed our patients. They reposition our patients. they befriend and love our patients.
They offer respite and reassurance to our caregivers.
They run errands, cut lawns, and mop floors in patient homes.
They deliver a friendly smile and a meal to our homebound.
They file papers and send out mailings for numerous Horizon departments.
They serve at agency events.
They arrange flowers - hundreds and hundreds of flowers each and every week.
They welcome our bereaved in the Grief Resource Center and offer a coffee, pastry and listening ear.
They are on-call to be present for those who are actively dying.
They respect and support our staff.
As you can see, our volunteers do a lot for our organization. Come serve with us - you'll be so happy that you did.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
8949 N. Deerbrook TrailBrown Deer, WI 53223
DATE POSTED
May 4, 2015
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 1 - 4 hours per week