- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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14 people are interested
Patient and Family Volunteers
ORGANIZATION: Gentiva Hospice South
Please visit the new page to apply.
- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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14 people are interested
Must be 18 to volunteer
Gentiva Hospice is seeking compassionate, friendly people in the San Antonio area to visit with our patients. Visits can include conversation, playing games or cards, reading with an individual, scrap booking, or just being there with someone. If you are ready to make a difference in the life of just one individual, then this opportunity is for you. Our patients are all nearing the end of their life. This is a challenging and unique time for them and their families. You could be a part of bringing joy to their end-of-life journey!
Patient’s Home Visits:Visit patients in their own homes. Be a supportive listener, presence, confidant and friend. Provide friendly and compassionate companionship. Help with errands and light shopping. Allow family caregivers a brief time for respite.Or even a family that’s scared and tired and would be so thankful for someone to just give them a few hours a month to get away and relax knowing their loved one is being cared for by a special person, a hospice volunteer!
In nursing faclities -Imagine yourself becoming a hospice volunteer, making a difference for people at the end of their life journey. Too many people never take that step, that could change their lives and lives of others. Not realizing that they are missing out on helping someone that may not have family and may be alone, missing out on unbelievable friendships and on being a ray of sunshine in someone life!
More opportunities with Gentiva Hospice South
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Gentiva Hospice South
Location:
1222 N. Main Ave. Suite 600, San Antonio, TX 78212, US
Mission Statement
To improve quality of life for those we serve through the delivery of clinical excellence, extraordinary service and compassionate care, while being recognized as the leader in home health and hospice services.
Description
As a leading hospice provider in the San Antonio area, we focus on clinical excellence in managing pain and symptoms so patients may experience a calm and peaceful quality of life in their final days.
Hospice focuses on palliative measures and comfort care when an individual is at a terminal stage of a life-limiting diagnosis. One of our goals are to:
*Affirm life and dignity while neither hastening nor postponing death.
*Support patients and their families as they discover meaningful ways to say good bye.
*Identify and educate a supportive community that will be sensitive to the needs of the patient and his or her loved ones.
*Offer palliative care and support to all terminally ill patients and their families without regard for diagnosis, race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, veteran's status, disability, sexual orientation, place of residence or ability to pay.
*Honor and respect the core values and wishes of the patients and families we serve.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1222 N. Main Ave.Nursing homes on south side-also south side of 410Small towns south- San Antonio -desperately neededSan Antonio, TX 78212
DATE POSTED
August 15, 2016
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 6 months- year
- Compassionate,caring,dependable, honest, dedicated.Great for medical students