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320 people are interested
Enjoy Reading: Read to Hospice Patients!
ORGANIZATION: Grace Hospice-Columbus
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320 people are interested
"We read to know that we are not alone." -C.S. Lewis Let a Grace Hospice patient know that they are not alone and read to them! Grace Hospice is seeking individuals that are willing to sit with patients and read to them. Many of our patients cannot see to read anymore and severly miss the treat of doing so. Some want to hear the newspaper, some short children's stories and others desire to listen to the longer classics. You decide how often and long you wish to spend with each patient!
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About Grace Hospice-Columbus
Location:
355 E. Campus View Blvd., Suite 270, Columbus, OH 43235, US
Mission Statement
For each employee to treat every patient as their own treasured loved one, providing care that affords a quality of life that outweighs quantity of days and supports caregivers as their hearts find healing.
Description
Grace Hospice cares for patients whose medical conditions are not responding to medical treatment or for those patients who choose to not seek aggressive medical care at the end stage of life. Hospice care focuses on comfort care rather than curative care. The goal of hospice care is for patients to remain as comfortable and pain free as possible in their home or the home of a loved one through the end of life. Care can also be provided in a long term care or assisted living facility.
Hospice care also provides emotional support for the entire family. Hospice care includes a team of doctors, nurses, social worker, home health aide, chaplain and trained volunteers. This team works together focusing on the patient's needs, whether it be physical, psychological or spiritual. Most hospice volunteers are trained to relieve primary caregivers by helping with household chores, providing companionship to the patients or running errands for them. The most important task, however, is their ability to be good listeners. Hospice volunteers also provide administrative assistance to the hospice care team by working in the office.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Columbus and Surrounding AreaColumbus, OH 43215
DATE POSTED
January 2, 2019
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training