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3 people are interested
Massage/Comfort Touch Volunteer for Hospice Patients
ORGANIZATION: Halcyon Hospice and Palliative Care
Please visit the new page to apply.
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3 people are interested
Duties & Responsibilities:
Provide comfort touch to patients in care facilities or their home. Comfort touch is a very gentle touch applied to patients using light lotions or oils. It is a style of massage that gives special consideration to the physical and emotional needs.
Submit accurate and objective volunteer time summary and patient/client contact reports.
Maintain confidentiality at all times.
Attend required training sessions.
Qualifications/Requirements:
Comfort touch does not require a license or certification, but certified massage therapists will need to submit a copy of their license. Excellent listening skills (verbal and non verbal), empathy, sensitivity and awareness. Warmth and acceptance, understanding. Ability to be comfortable with people in emotional distress. Awareness of personal limitations. Reliable and flexible. Able to maintain healthy boundaries for self and client. Preferably, someone who has not experienced a personal loss within the past year
Complete a new volunteer application.
Valid Colorado driver’s license.
Annual proof of current automobile liability insurance
Pass a Criminal Background Check
TB Test
Time Commitment & Training:
3-4 patients visits per month. Time per visit varies depending on the comfort level of the patient.
Must be available to volunteer for at least one year.
Attend required agency training course.
Attend required annual back care and infection control sessions.
Participate in 20 hours of continuing education annually.
More opportunities with Halcyon Hospice and Palliative Care
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Halcyon Hospice and Palliative Care
Location:
209 Main St, Mead, CO 80542, US
Mission Statement
Halcyon Hospice is committed to a standard of excellence in providing sensitive, patient centered health care to hospice patients and families.
Description
Hospice care does not seek to cure, does not seek to hasten or prolong, but instead offers comfort and support for patients and their families. Hospice facilitates emotional and spiritual growth while physical conditions change. Hospice care is provided everywhere. The hospice team specializes in the physical, social, spiritual and emotional care of the patient and family, with professionals and volunteers available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Hospice care honors the potential for growth in this cycle of life, bringing a clinically-directed, interdisciplinary team to nurture, support, and heal during the last stages of an illness and bereavement period. Non-discriminatory, hospice offers palliative care without regard to age, gender, nationality, race, creed, sexual orientation, disability, diagnosis, availability of a primary caregiver, or ability to pay.
Flexible schedules near your home (we serve the entire front range from Fort Collins to Castle Rock)
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Various care communities or client homesAurora, CO 80014
DATE POSTED
December 4, 2017
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Massage Therapy
- Hospice Care
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- 3-4 visits with patients per month