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26 people are interested
Bring peace and comfort to someone in need! Become a Hospice Volunteer TODAY!
ORGANIZATION: Kindred Hospice (formerly Gentiva Hospice)
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26 people are interested
POSITION DESCRIPTIONS: PATIENT SUPPORT VOLUNTEER- Hospice volunteers will provide emotional and practical support to meet the non-medical needs of patients and their families and offer relief to the primary caregiver. ADMINISTRATIVE VOLUNTEER- The hospice volunteer functions as a hospice team member to assist with administrative/clerical functions such as filing, copying, mailing, special office projects. 11 th HOUR VOLUNTEER - Volunteers work directly to expand the emotional support for patients and families as death approaches or in a crisis situation. The focus of the volunteer is to help families cope during the final hours. QUALIFICATIONS: Hospice volunteers should have an interest in helping others and the emotional maturity to handle interaction with patients and their families and their terminal illness. TIME COMMITTMENT: We work with you. If you have one hour a week or one hour a month to give... we have an opportunity to use YOU! Please call TODAY!!!!
More opportunities with Kindred Hospice (formerly Gentiva Hospice)
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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
Anywhere in Mobile CountyMobile, AL 36606
DATE POSTED
May 6, 2016
SKILLS
- Administrative Support
- Exhibition Arts
- Patient Care
- Elder care
- Animal Therapy
- Hospice Care
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training