Patient Care Volunteers needed South ( Buda, Kyle, Bastrop)

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What does a volunteer do? Provides companionship to a person in the final months and weeks of life. Offers support to family members and caregivers. Helps with community outreach. Bereavement support. Administrative assistance in the Interim Hospice office. Creating, crafting, and using your talents for events.

Why volunteer? Immeasurable reward, you WILL make a difference in someone's life, life long graditication of knowing you were a part of something bigger, someone needs you, WE need you.

Hospice volunteers make a difference in our commuity everday.

101 WAYS TO VOLUNTEER WITH A HOSPICE PATIENT

♥ play cards ♥ hold their hand ♥ read to or with them ♥ rent their favorite movie and watch it with them ♥ look at pictures ♥ listen to their favorite music ♥ take them outside for a walk ♥ write letters for a patient who cannot write anymore ♥ watch their favorite television show with them ♥ bake cookies ♥ take your dog on a visit ♥ take the patient a flower ♥ send a card ♥ play an instrument ♥ help them make a scrapbook ♥ wash a sink full of dishes ♥ listen to old stories ♥ brush someone's hair ♥ make shapes with clay ♥ neck massage ♥ knit an afghan ♥ make crafts to share ♥ finger paint ♥ put together a puzzle ♥ take your cat on a visit ♥ paint by number ♥ share a smile ♥ give someone a hug ♥ go out to eat ♥ do a load of laundry for someone ♥ LISTEN ♥ make them their favorite food ♥ play checkers ♥ look at a magazine ♥ plant a flower give someone a bird feeder to place outside their window ♥ play chess ♥ bring your kids on a visit ♥ bring someone ice cream ♥ make someone laugh ♥ play Old Maid ♥ color a picture ♥ make a telephone call ♥ mow the lawn ♥ sit with someone during a scary medical appointment ♥ agree to sit with a patient so the family can get out of the house ♥ pick up groceries ♥ put lotion on hands and massage ♥read poetry ♥ rake leaves ♥ help a patient with light housekeeping ♥ relieve the caregiver so that he/she can take a nap ♥ play relaxing music ♥ paint their nails ♥ do their hair ♥ read the newspaper ♥ BE PRESENT ♥ bring someone a glass of water ♥ get someone a blanket ♥ braid their hair ♥ help them make a memory book ♥ let them teach you something ♥ back massage ♥ make brownies ♥ go as a family to visit ♥ play Go Fish ♥ bring someone a plant ♥ take pictures of favorite places they use to like to go to and show them ♥ use your imagination ♥ mop a floor ♥ read a book together ♥ help someone make their life as "normal" as possible ♥ give them a facial ♥ help them write their friends cards ♥ do crossword puzzles ♥ help them call a lost friend ♥ sing favorite songs ♥ carve a pumpkin ♥ decorate for a holiday ♥ help them shop from home ♥ make a peanut butter and ♥jelly sandwich ♥ blow some bubbles ♥ draw a picture ♥ share a story ♥ visit the library for books/videos they may like ♥ BE A FRIEND ♥ eat dinner with them ♥ share their hobby ♥ play computer games ♥ sit outside and enjoy nature ♥ share some of your life ♥ crochet a blanket ♥ ask them about their favorite vacation ♥ take them a milkshake ♥ take them their favorite fast food ♥ read their mail to them ♥ stargaze together

♥ help them shop for a relative's birthday ♥ massage their head ♥ you fill in the_____________

Interim Hospice

Alice Guzman, Volunteer Program Manager

505 East Huntland Dr., Suite 180,

Austin, Texas 78752

(512) 582- 0336 Office

(512) 688-0929 Cell

(512) 582-0336 Fax