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2 people are interested
Provide hospice patients with comfort and emotional support.
ORGANIZATION: Anam Cara Compassionate Care Center
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2 people are interested
Caring and compassionate volunteers needed as companions for individuals receiving hospice services at home.
Anam Cara’s Hospice Volunteer Registry Service trains and mentors volunteers to provide companionship and emotional support to hospice patients while giving caregivers a needed break. Our volunteers are a valuable part of the hospice care team and help provide terminally ill people with a compassionate, dignified end-of-life experience. Volunteer shifts are typically 2 to 3 hours once a week.
All Registry volunteers complete an intensive 16-hour course that adheres to Medicare and NHPCO guidelines. These trainings are held once each quarter over the course of a weekend.
Before being matched with a family, volunteers also must pass a background check and TB screening and shadow a mentor during patient visits. Additional education and support is provided as needed and at Hospice Volunteer Community Potlucks, held the third Thursday of each month from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
For more information, please contact Dana Bigman, Volunteer Coordinator, at DanaBigman@AnamCaraLA.org or 310-478-6596.
More opportunities with Anam Cara Compassionate Care Center
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About Anam Cara Compassionate Care Center
Location:
1178 N. Topanga Canyon Road, Topanga, CA 90290, US
Mission Statement
Anam Cara Compassionate Care Center shall provide a peaceful, healing place to care for terminally ill people and their loved ones in the last weeks and months of life. We are committed to providing compassionate, dignified, quality care that supports the natural processes that occur in the final days of life.
Description
Anam Cara Compassionate Care Center operates as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization under the sponsorship of c3: Center for Conscious Creativity. Its Hospice Volunteer Registry Service provides volunteer training and no-cost companions for individuals receiving hospice services at home. In addition, Anam Cara is remodeling a private residence in Topanga to provide a six-bedroom inpatient home away fr om home in a unique, natural setting for a fully supported experience at the end of one's life.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Patients' homes throughout Greater Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA 90290
DATE POSTED
April 9, 2014
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 2-3 hours/week