- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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11 people are interested
Hospice Volunteer for Companionship and Soclialization
ORGANIZATION: Encompass Hospice
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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11 people are interested
Are you interested in companionship and socialization with patients nearing the end of their lives? Please contact Encompass Hospice today to discuss our volunteer needs. Encompass Hospice is looking for compassionate folks to work directly with our hospice patients and their families. Our service area covers much of the metro Denver/Front Range area and we will work to make great matches for you near your home or work. You will receive training and all the support you need to be successful in sharing your time and talents with others in need. Our volunteers share their time in private homes and facilities in providing compassion and conversation with those in their end of life journey.
Please contact Volunteer Coordinator 303-940-9999 for more information and to apply to become part of our Encompass Hospice Team , one of the Fortune Magazine Top Places to work.
More opportunities with Encompass Hospice
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Encompass Hospice
Location:
1355 South Colorado Blvd. Bldg. C; Suite 604, Denver, CO 80222, US
Mission Statement
To provide a Physician-based standard of care in Hospice that serves all people with the utmost dignity and Honor.
Description
Our compassionate end-of-life care is provided in the patient’s home, whether that is a home address, nursing home, assisted living community, independent living community or other location. It focuses on the physical, spiritual and emotional needs of both the individual patient and our patients’ loved ones: caregivers, spouses, children, extended family and friends.
We emphasize dignity and peace, controlling pain and other symptoms so the patient can remain as alert and comfortable as possible. Our medical social workers help the family understand and cope with loss; we can also call upon non-denominational chaplains to provide additional spiritual support and grief counseling.
- Assists the patient with the emotional and psychological aspects of dying
- Assertively manages the patient’s pain and symptoms with the goal of minimizing or eliminating pain and discomfort
- Provides medications related to the illness for symptom control and pain relief
- Provides necessary equipment such as a hospital bed, wheelchair, walker and oxygen
- Provides spiritual care support through experienced chaplains and social workers
- Teaches families about how to care for the patient
- Delivers special services like dietary, speech and physical therapy
- Makes short-term inpatient care available when pain or symptoms become too difficult to manage at - home, or if the caregiver needs respite
- Offers volunteers for companionship and support
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Patient's Homes and FacilitiesDenver Metro, CO 80210
DATE POSTED
October 30, 2019
SKILLS
- Massage Therapy
- People Skills
- Relationship Building
- Hospice Care
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- We request a minimum of 4-8 hours per month.
- Hospice Volunteer Training, TB Test, Drug screen, Ongoing Training