- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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33 people are interested
Are you willing to accept a life-changing challenge and make a difference in someone's life?
ORGANIZATION: Kindred Hospice (formerly Gentiva Hospice)
Please visit the new page to apply.
- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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33 people are interested
By volunteering for only a few hours or days a month, you can make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. Volunteers can choose to work directly with our patients and families, in administrative activities at Gentiva Hospice offices or in community functions, such as health fairs, memorial services or bereavement assistance meetings. Our volunteers provide companionship and support for patients by reading to them or writing letters for them. They may run small errands or give caregivers a brief respite by staying with the patient. Others may use their talents or help patients with arts and craft projects. All volunteers receive special training and are under the direction of a staff member responsible for Gentiva’s volunteer program.
More opportunities with Kindred Hospice (formerly Gentiva Hospice)
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Kindred Hospice (formerly Gentiva Hospice)
Location:
2800 Dauphin Street, Suite 103, Mobile, AL 36606, US
Mission Statement
To provide compassionate care to those we serve during the end of life’s journey through our commitment to clinical excellence and uncompromising service.
Description
Hospice is not a place; it’s a philosophy of care that enhances life for the patients and their families and friends. Even when medicine cannot provide a cure, it can offer comfort, care and assistance that can help maintain a better quality of life for the patient. This type of attention, called palliative care, involves the aggressive treatment of physical and emotional pain and symptoms. It focuses on enhancing a patient’s comfort and improving quality of life.
Hospice is based on the belief that through sensitive, appropriate care and the support of a caring community, terminally ill patients and their families can begin to prepare to face the inevitable challenges ahead.
When a patient's physician certifies that hospice care is appropriate, one of Kindred Hospice's nurses will admit the patient to our program within three hours -24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The nurse and a Kindred affiliated physician, who specializes in understanding and treating pain, will develop a plan of care to ease the patient's discomforting symptoms. Under Medicare, Medicaid and most insurance programs, Kindred will provide medical supplies and equipment associated with the terminal illness, such as bandages, catheters, oxygen, hospital bed, wheelchair and walkers, at no cost to the patient. Kindred will also provide medications associated with the terminal illness to help relieve symptoms at no cost to the patient.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2800 Dauphin StreetMobile, AL 36606
DATE POSTED
May 6, 2016
SKILLS
- Exhibition Arts
- Patient Care
- Elder care
- Translation
- Hospice Care
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training