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13 people are interested
Volunteer Hospice Patient Companion - Guitar
ORGANIZATION: AseraCare Hospice
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13 people are interested
AseraCare Hospice seeks caring, compassionate individuals who would be willing to spend an hour or two a week visiting our terminally ill patients and their families. Volunteers spend sacred time together with patients and families simply by accompanying them during their final journey. Companions offer patients comfort by providing a calm presence, deep compassion, and generous listening. Volunteers play an important role in providing social support and decreasing isolation that can so often occur for the terminally ill.
We are always in need of companion volunteers, but we are also looking specifically for a volunteer to play guitar for our patients. We hope this special someone would be able to visit each of our interested patients 1 time per month, which probably equates to a few hours a week of time commitment. Our office is located in Bloomington and we have patients scattered within a radius from our office throughout the metro area.
We provide free training, and flexible volunteer hours to suit your needs.
Requirements: Be able to provide own transportation. Complete 6-8 hours of on-line training as well as a 7-8 hour (all in one day) in person orientation session. Complete (at no cost to volunteer) a background check, urine screen, and 2 tuberculosis tests.
If interested, please reply to this posting. Thank you!
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About AseraCare Hospice
Location:
5001 American Bvld., Suite 655, Bloomington, MN 55437, US
Mission Statement
AseraCare's mission is to share our passion for improving quality of life through innovative healthcare, one person, one family and one community at a time.
Description
Hospice is about living. Hospice neither hastens nor postpones death, but rather it affirms life, emphasizes dignity, and enhances the quality of the remainder of a person's life. Hospice adds life to days at a time when days can no longer be added to life.
Hospice treats the person, not the disease . . . focuses on family and friends, not just the individual . . . and emphasizes the quality of life, not the duration.
Hospice is a program of palliative and supportive services that provide physical, psychological, social and spiritual care for terminally ill persons and their families. It is a comprehensive, medically directed, team-oriented program that accentuates pain control and symptom management for patients who no longer respond to routine aggressive medical care. The focus of hospice care is palliative rather than curative in nature.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
5001 American Blvd., Ste 625/655(Roseville, Stillwater, St. Paul, Fridley, CoonRapids, St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Richfield, etc.)Bloomington, MN 55437
DATE POSTED
October 9, 2014
SKILLS
- Music Arts
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Approximately 2-3 hours per week